الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ جَامِعِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلَوَاتِ
Comprehensive Chapter on Recitation in Prayers
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Hadith 1610
عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ، الْإِمَامِ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ: فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ) مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ، وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ مِنَ المَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ، وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ، وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْغَدَاةِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: فِي الصُّبْحِ) بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ، قَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مِنْ هَٰذَا الْفَتَى يَعْنِي عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَكَانَ يَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: After the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have not prayed behind anyone whose prayer resembled the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) more. This man was the imam in Madinah. Sulaiman bin Yasar says: (Upon hearing this) when I prayed behind him, I saw that he would lengthen the first two rak‘ahs of Zuhr and lighten the last two, and in the first two rak‘ahs of Maghrib he would recite from the short Mufassal surahs, in the first two rak‘ahs of ‘Isha he would recite from the middle Mufassal surahs, and in the Fajr prayer he would recite from the long Mufassal surahs. Dahhak says: A man who heard from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that he said: I have not seen anyone, except this young man, i.e., ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, whose prayer resembled the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) more. Dahhak says: Then I prayed behind ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, and then he described the same method as Sulaiman bin Yasar.
Hadith 1611
عَنْ جَابِرٍ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ بِـ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى} وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ، وَفِي الصُّبْحِ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite Surah Al-Lail in Zuhr, similar surahs in Asr, and longer recitation than these in Fajr.
Hadith 1612
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُؤُمُّنَا يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا، وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُوْلَى، وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ، وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ يُطَوِّلُ الْأُوْلَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُوْلَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lead us in the Zuhr prayer and would recite (Qur’an) in the first two rak‘ahs and sometimes would make us hear a verse as well. He would make the first rak‘ah long and the second short, and he would do the same in the Fajr prayer, that is, he would make the first rak‘ah long and the second short. And in the first two rak‘ahs of the ‘Asr prayer as well, he would recite (along with Surah al-Fatihah) another surah.
Hadith 1613
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كُلُّ صَلَاةٍ يُقْرَأُ فِيهَا فَمَا أَسْمَعَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَسْمَعْنَاكُمْ، وَمَا أَخْفَى عَلَيْنَا أَخْفَيْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, says: Recitation is done in every prayer. Whatever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to recite aloud to us, we also recite aloud to you, and whatever he kept hidden from us, we also keep hidden from you. That is: In reciting aloud or silently, we adhere to the practice of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
Hadith 1614
وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُؤُمُّنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَجْهَرُ وَيُخَافِتُ، فَجَهَرْنَا فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ، وَخَافَتْنَا فِيمَا خَافَتَ فِيهِ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: ((لَا صَلَاةَ إِلَّا بِقِرَاءَةٍ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, who says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to lead us in prayer; in those prayers in which he recited aloud, we would also recite aloud, and in those in which he recited quietly, we would also recite quietly. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: There is no prayer except with recitation.
