Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 980
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ { وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى } وَفِي الْعَصْرِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ وَفِي الصُّبْحِ بِأَطْوَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ .
Translation
Ishaq ibn Mansur informed us: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Shubah, from Simak, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: The Prophet ﷺ would recite Surat al-Layl in the noon prayer, something similar in the afternoon prayer, and something longer in the dawn prayer.
Translation notes
The quoted passage in the source is the opening of Surat al-Layl: By the night when it covers.