Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها

Chapter 6: The recitation in the Fajr Prayer on Fridays

It wasnarrated from Mus’ab bin Sa’d that his father said

“For theFajr prayer on Fridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite‘Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation...’ [32:1] and ‘Has there notbeen overman...’” [76:1]

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that for the Subh prayer onFridays, theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite ‘Alif-Lam-Mim’.Therevelation...’[32:1] and ‘Has there not been over man...”[76:1]

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that for the Subh prayer onFridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite “Alif-Lam-Mim.The revelation...” [32:1] and “Has there not been over man..”[76:1]

Chapter 7: The recitation for the Zuhr and the ‘Asr

It wasnarrated that Qaza’ah said

“I asked Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudriaboutthe prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: ‘There isnothing good in that for you.’* I said: ‘Explain it, may Allahhavemercy on you.’ He said: ‘The Iqamah would be given for theZuhr prayerfor the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then one of us would goout to Al-Baqi’, relieve himself, then come back and performablution, and hewould find the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) still in thefirst Rak’ah ofZuhr.’”

It wasnarrated that Abu Ma’mar said

“I said to Khabbab: ‘How didyourecognize that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was reciting in theZuhrand the ‘Asr?’ He said: ‘From the movement of his beard.’”

It wasnarrated that Abu Hurairah said

“I have never seen anyonewhoseprayer more closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)than so-and-so. He used to lengthen the first two Rak’ah of theZuhr and shorten the last two Rak’ah, and he used to shorten the‘Asr.”

It wasnarrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said

“Thirty of theCompanions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who had been at Badr cametogether and said: ‘Come, let us estimate the length of therecitationof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for the prayer in whichQur’an is notrecited out aloud.’ No two men among themdisagreed, and theyestimated the length of his recitation in thefirst Rak’ah of the Zuhrto be thirty Verses and in the secondRak’ah to be half of that. Theyestimated his recitation in ‘Asrto be half of the last two Rak’ah ofZuhr.”

Chapter 8: Occasionally reciting a verse aloud for Zuhr and ‘Asr Prayers

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah that his father said

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite when leading us in thefirsttwo Rak’ah of the Zuhr prayer, and sometimes he would recitesuchthat we could hear the Verse.”

It wasnarrated that Bara’ bin ‘Azib said

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to lead us for the Zuhr, and we would hear him reciting aVerse after the Verses from Surat Luqman (31) and Adh-Dhariyat (51).”

Chapter 9: The recitation for the Maghrib Prayer

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said, narrating from his mother (oneofthe narrators) Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah said

“(She was) Lubabah”that she heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting ‘By the windssent forth one after another...’[Al-Mursalat (77)] in the Maghrib.

It wasnarrated from Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut’im that his fathersaid

“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting At-Tur (52) in the Maghrib.”In a different narration, Jubair said: “And when I heard himrecite:‘Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves thecreators?’up to: ‘Then let their listener produce some manifestproof’,[52:35-38] it was as if my heart were about to take flight.”

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Umar said

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used torecitein the Maghrib: ‘Say: O you disbelievers!’[Al-Kafirun (109)]and‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.’”[Al-Ikhlas (112)]

Chapter 10: The recitation for the ‘Isha’ Prayer

It wasnarrated from Bara’ bin ‘Azib that he performed the ‘Isha’,the later, with the Prophet (ﷺ). He said

“I heard him reciting‘Bythe fig, and the olive’.”[Al-Tin (95)]

‘Adibin Thabit narrated something similar from Bara’ and said

“Ihave never heard any man with a better voice or who recites betterthan him.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir that Mu’adh bin Jabal led his companionsforthe ‘Isha’ and he made the prayer too long for them. The Prophet(ﷺ) said

“Recite ‘By the sun and its brightness,’[Al-Shams(91)]‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,’ [Al-A’la(87)] ‘By thenight as it envelops,’ [Al-Lail (92)] or, ‘Read!In the Name of yourLord Who has created.’” [Al-‘Alaq (96)]

Chapter 11: Reciting behind the Imam

It wasnarrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

“Thereis no prayer for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab init.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Sa’ib that he heard Abu Hurairah say

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever performs a prayer in whichhedoes not recite Ummul Qur’an (the Mother of the Qur’an, i.e.,Al-Fatihah), it is deficient; not complete.’” I said: ‘O AbuHurairah,sometimes I am behind the Imam. He pressed my forearm andsaid: ‘OPersian! Recite it to yourself.’”

It wasnarrated that Abu Sa’eed said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘There is no prayer for the one who does not recite in everyRak’ah: Al-Hamd (Al-Fatihah) and a Surah whether in an obligatoryprayer or another.’”

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Every prayer in which the Ummul-Kitab (the Mother of the Book) is not recited is deficient.’”

It wasnarrated that from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from hisgrandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

“Every prayerinwhich Fatihatil-Kitab (the Opening of the Book) is not recited, itisdeficient, it is deficient.”