الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ قِرَاءَةِ سُورَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ ، وَقِرَاءَةِ بَعْضِ سُورَةٍ وَجَوَازِ تَكَرُّرِ السُّورَةِ أَوِ الْآيَاتِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ
Chapter on Reciting Two or More Surahs in One Unit, Part of a Surah, and Repeating Surahs or Verses in One Unit
Hadith 1603
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ السُّوَرِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ؟ قَالَتْ: الْمُفَصَّلَ
Abdullah bin Shaqiq says: I asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would combine multiple surahs in one rak'ah. She replied: He would combine the Mufassal (surahs).
Hadith 1604
عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ: رُبَّمَا أَمَّنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ بِالسُّورَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثِ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ
Nafi' says: Sometimes, while leading us in obligatory prayer, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would combine two or more surahs.
Hadith 1605
عَنْ نَهِيكِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ السَّلَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَتَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ: قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الشِّعْرِ أَوْ نَثْرًا مِثْلَ نَثْرِ الدَّقَلِ، إِنَّمَا فُصِّلَ لِتُفَصِّلُوا، لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرِنُ عِشْرِينَ سُورَةً، الرَّحْمَنَ وَالنَّجْمَ عَلَى تَأْلِيفِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ كُلَّ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، وَذَكَرَ الدُّخَانَ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ
Nuhaiq bin Sinan Salmi says: I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I recited the Mufassal surahs in one rak'ah at night. He said: You must have recited quickly like reading poetry or scattering inferior dates. The Qur'an has been detailed so that you may also recite its words slowly and deliberately. Indeed, I know those twenty similar surahs which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to combine and recite. According to the compilation of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), it is mentioned to recite Surah Rahman and Surah Najm in one rak'ah, then Surah Dukhan and Surah {عَمَّ یَتَسَاءَ لُونَ} in one rak'ah.
Hadith 1606
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَعَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ) أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، فَقَالَ: بَلْ هَذَا كَهَذِهِ الشِّعْرِ أَوْ كَنَثْرِ الدَّقَلِ، لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ، كَانَ يَقْرَأُ النَّظَائِرَ الرَّحْمَنَ وَالنَّجْمَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، قَالَ فَذَكَرَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ بِعِشْرِينَ سُورَةً عَلَى تَأْلِيفِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ) آخِرُهُنَّ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ وَالدُّخَانُ
. (Second chain) A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have recited the Mufassal surahs in one rak'ah. He said: Then you must have recited quickly like the recitation of poetry or like scattering inferior dates. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite like you have recited. He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite similar surahs (two at a time) in one rak'ah, for example, Surah Rahman and Surah Najm in one rak'ah. Then Abu Ishaq mentioned ten rak'ahs with twenty surahs; this arrangement was according to the compilation of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). The last surahs were Surah Takweer and Surah Dukhan.
Hadith 1607
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ خَاتِمَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُوْلَى، وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِالْآيَةِ مِنْ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ {قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} حَتَّى يَخْتِمَ الْآيَةَ
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Fatihah and the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah in the first rak'ah of the Sunnah before Fajr, and in the second rak'ah he would recite Surah Al-Fatihah and this verse of Surah Aal-e-Imran {قُلْ یأَھْلَ الْکِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلٰی کَلِمَۃٍ سَوَائٍ بَیْنَنَا وَبَیْنَکُمْ … … }.
Hadith 1608
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ؟)) قَالَ: قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: ((فَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْهُنَّ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Does any one of you like that when he returns home, he finds three large, fat, pregnant she-camels? We said: Yes, indeed. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Three verses which he recites in prayer are better for him than those (three she-camels).
Hadith 1609
عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً فَقَرَأَ بِآيَةٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ بِهَا {إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ، وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ} فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! مَا زِلْتَ تَقْرَأُ هَٰذِهِ الْآيَةَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتَ تَرْكَعُ وَتَسْجُدُ بِهَا؟ قَالَ: ((إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ الشَّفَاعَةَ لِأُمَّتِي فَأَعْطَانِيهَا، وَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ شَيْئًا))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed one night and kept bowing and prostrating with the recitation of a single verse until morning. (That verse is:) {إِنْ تُعَذِّ بْہُمْ فَإِنَّہُمْ عِبَادُکَ، وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَھُمْ فَإِنَّکَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَکَیْمُ} When morning came, I said: O Messenger of Allah! You kept reciting only one verse until morning and kept bowing and prostrating with it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I asked Allah Almighty to intercede for my Ummah, and He granted it to me, and if Allah wills, it will be granted to everyone who does not associate anything with Allah Almighty.
