Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 978
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَعَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الأُولَى فِي الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ .
Qutaybah informed us: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Hajjaj al-Sawwaf, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from his father; and from Abu Salamah, from Abu Qatadah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite the Opening of the Book and two surahs in the first two units of the noon and afternoon prayers, and sometimes let us hear a verse. He would prolong the first unit of the noon prayer and shorten the second, and he did the same in the dawn prayer.
Translation notes
The source includes two transmission routes before the report. The Opening of the Book refers to Surat al-Fatihah.