عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُؤُمُّنَا يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ، وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، يُطَوِّلُ الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ الثَّانِيَةَ، وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ
Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lead us in prayer, reciting in the first two rak‘ahs of Zuhr, and sometimes he would let us hear a verse. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would make the first rak‘ah long and the second rak‘ah short. In the Fajr prayer as well, his habit was to make the first rak‘ah long and the second short, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also recite in the first two rak‘ahs of ‘Asr.