الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ
Chapter on Recitation in Isha
Hadith 1633
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاوَاتِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, ordered that in the ‘Isha prayer, the Surahs relating to the heavens should be recited.
Hadith 1634
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ بِالسَّمَاءِ يَعْنِي ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
. (Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to recite the Surah containing "the sky"—that is, Surah Al-Buruj and Surah At-Tariq—in the 'Isha prayer.
Hadith 1635
عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَرَأَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ فِي إِحْدَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ (زَادَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ) وَمَا سَمِعْتُ إِنْسَانًا أَحْسَنَ قِرَاءَةً مِنْهُ (وَفِي أُخْرَى) فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحْسَنَ صَوْتًا وَلَا أَحْسَنَ صَلَاةً مِنْهُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey, and in one rak‘ah of the ‘Isha prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah At-Tin. I have not heard any person whose recitation was better than that of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). In another narration, it is stated: I have not heard any person whose voice and prayer were better than that of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith 1636
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَأَشْبَاهِهَا مِنَ السُّوَرِ
Sayyiduna Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to recite Surah Ash-Shams and similar surahs in the ‘Isha prayer.
Hadith 1637
عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ: صَلَّى أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِأَصْحَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُرْتَحِلٌ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَضَعَ قَدَمِي حَيْثُ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدَمَهُ، وَأَنْ أَصْنَعَ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Abu Majliz says: Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) led his companions in prayer while they were traveling from Makkah Mukarramah to Madinah Munawwarah. He performed two rak'ahs of the 'Isha prayer, then stood up and recited one hundred verses of Surah An-Nisa in one rak'ah. When people objected to this, he said: Wherever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his foot, I have not fallen short in placing my foot in the same place, and in whatever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did, I have not fallen short in doing the same.
