الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ إِطَالَةِ الْإِمَامِ الرَّكْعَةَ الْأُولَى وَانْتِظَارِ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ بِهِ دَاخِلًا لِيُدْرِكَ الرَّكْعَةَ
Chapter on the Imam lengthening the first rak'ah and waiting for someone entering to catch the rak'ah
Hadith 2587
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُومُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ حَتَّى لَا يَسْمَعَ وَقْعَ قَدَمٍ
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Indeed, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand in the first rak‘ah of the Zuhr prayer (by prolonging the standing) until no sound of footsteps could be heard.
Hadith 2588
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الظُّهْرِ تُقَامُ فَيَنْطَلِقُ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَيَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي فَيَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى
Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Zuhr prayer would be established and one of us would go towards Baqi’, relieve himself, then (come home and) perform ablution, then when he would come towards the mosque, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would still be in the first rak’ah.
Hadith 2589
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.
