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The Prophet, upon whom be peace, did not confine his recitation of the Qur'an in prayers to some specific
surahs, (except for the Friday and 'Id prayers). Concerning the other prayers, Abu Dawud has recorded a
hadith from 'Amr ibn Shu'aib from his father on the authority of his grandfather who said, "There is no
separate surah, large or small, except the ones I heard the Prophet recite while leading the people in one of
the obligatory prayers. He used to recite the entire surah in two rak'ahs, or just the initial part of the surah.
It has not been recorded from him that he would recite from the middle or the end of the surah, nor that he
would recite two surahs in one rak'ah during the obligatory prayers. He would, however, do so during
voluntary prayers. Said Ibn Mas'ud, "I know the surahs the Prophet used to recite together in one rak'ah:
ar-Rahman and an-Najm, al-Qamar and al-Haqqah, at-Tur and adh-Dhariyat, al-Waqi'ah and Noon, and so
on." But this hadith does not tell us if this was during obligatory or voluntary prayers. The latter is more
probable. He rarely recited one surah in two (both) rak'ahs. Abu Dawud records that a man from the tribe
of Juhainah heard the Prophet, upon whom be peace, recite the complete surah az-Zil~al twice in both
rak'ahs of the morning prayer. The man commented, "I do not know if he did this out of forgetfulness or if
he recited it twice intentionally."
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 1394
Abdullah ibn Amr
Narrated by
A man came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and said: Teach me to read the Qur'an, Apostle of Allah. He said:
Read three surahs which begin with A.L.R. He said: My age is advanced, my mind has become dull (i.e. memory has grown
weak), and my tongue has grown heavy). So he said: Then read three surahs which begin with H.M. He repeated the same
words. So he said: Read three surahs which begin with the "Glorification of Allah". But he repeated the same excuse. The
man then said: Teach me a comprehensive surah, Apostle of Allah. The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught him Surah (99).
"When the Earth is shaken with her earthquake". When he finished it, the man said: By Him Who sent you with truth, I shall
never add anything to it. Then man then went away. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said twice: The man received
salvation.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 853 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
Sulayman ibn Yasar said: AbuHurayrah said: Never did I observe the prayer behind anyone whose prayer more closely
resembled the prayer of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) than so and so. Sulayman said: I observed the prayer
behind him: he prolonged the first two rak'ahs of the Zuhr and shortened the last two; he shortened (the rak'ahs of) the
afternoon prayer, and he recited in the sunset prayer the short surahs from al-Mufassal; he recited the medium surahs from
al-Mufassal in the night prayer and the long ones from al-Mufassal in the dawn prayer.
Transmitted by Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it up to: He shortened the afternoon prayer.
Sahih Muslim Hadith
Hadith 1907
Nu'man ibn Bashir
Narrated by
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to recite on two 'Ids and in Friday prayer: "Glorify the name of Thy Lord,
the Most High" (Surah 87), and: "Has there come to thee the news of the overwhelming event" (88). And when the 'Id and
Jumu'ah combined on a day he recited these two (surahs) in both the prayers.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 872 Narrated by
Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'I
I stood up to pray along with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him); he got up and recited Surat al-
Baqarah (Surah 2). When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy, he stopped and made supplication,
and when he came to verse which spoke of punishment, he stopped and sought refuge in Allah, then he
bowed and paused as long as he stood (reciting Surah al-Baqarah), and said while bowing, "Glory be to the
Possessor of greatness, the Kingdom, grandeur and majesty." :Then he prostrated himself and paused as
long as he stood up and recited Surat Aal Imran (Surah 3) and then recited many surahs one after another.
Sahih Muslim Hadith
Hadith 1910
Abdullah ibn Abbas
Narrated by
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to recite in the morning prayer on Friday Surah "Alif-Lam-Mim, Tanzil as-
Sajdah" (Surah 32): "Surely there came over the man a time" (Surah 76) and he used to recite in Jumu'ah prayer Surahs
Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqin.
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