Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 828

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ الْعَمِّيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ اجْتَمَعَ ثَلاَثُونَ بَدْرِيًّا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالُوا تَعَالَوْا حَتَّى نَقِيسَ قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِيمَا لَمْ يَجْهَرْ فِيهِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ ‏.‏ فَمَا اخْتَلَفَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلاَنِ فَقَاسُوا قِرَاءَتَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ بِقَدْرِ ثَلاَثِينَ آيَةً وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُخْرَى قَدْرَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَاسُوا ذَلِكَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ النِّصْفِ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us: Al-Mas'udi narrated to us: Zayd al-'Ammi narrated to us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: Thirty veterans of Badr among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered and said, ‘Come, let us estimate the Messenger of Allah's recitation in the prayers in which he did not recite aloud.’ Not even two of them disagreed. They estimated that his recitation in the first rak'ah of Zuhr was about thirty verses, and in the next rak'ah about half that. They estimated his recitation in 'Asr at about half the amount of the last two rak'ahs of Zuhr.