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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب تَخْفِيفِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِChapter: Shorting The Last Two Rak’ah.
Hadith 804
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي النُّفَيْلِيَّ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ ، عَنْ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْهُجَيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : " حَزَرْنَا قِيَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ، فَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ قَدْرَ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً قَدْرَ الم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةِ ، وَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، وَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ ، وَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
Abu Saeed Al Khudri said: We used to estimate how long the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in the noon and the afternoon prayer, and we estimated that he stood in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayer as long as it takes to recite thirty verses (of the Quran), such as A-L-M Tanzil al-Sajdah. And we estimated that he stood in the last two rak’ahs half the time he stood in the first two rak’ahs. We estimated that he stood in the first two rak’ahs of the afternoon prayer as long as he did in the last two at noon; and we estimated that he stood in the last two rak’ahs of the afternoon prayer half the time he did in first two.
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Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
804. Commentary:
It is understood that in the prayers of Dhuhr and Asr, recitation (qira’ah) is done in all four rak‘ahs. That is, along with Surah al-Fatihah, any other surah may also be recited. However, it is preferable that the latter rak‘ahs be light and brief.
It is understood that in the prayers of Dhuhr and Asr, recitation (qira’ah) is done in all four rak‘ahs. That is, along with Surah al-Fatihah, any other surah may also be recited. However, it is preferable that the latter rak‘ahs be light and brief.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 804
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
476. Commentary: Along with knowing the number of rak‘ahs of the ‘Asr prayer, it is also understood that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would recite only al-Fatihah in the last two rak‘ahs of ‘Asr, and would not add any other surah. However, in the last two rak‘ahs of Dhuhr, he would recite another surah along with Surah al-Fatihah. Thus, it is permissible to recite only al-Fatihah in the last two rak‘ahs of an obligatory (fard) prayer, and if another surah is added, there is no harm in it.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 476
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
477. Commentary: By «فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَة» is meant that in each of the first two rak‘ahs, he would recite approximately the equivalent of thirty verses, not that thirty verses would be recited in each of the four rak‘ahs. This is because this meaning is understood from the detailed narrations.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 477
