What is recited in Maghrib

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite Surah al-Tur in Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated from his mother (may Allah be pleased with her) that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite Surah al-Mursalat in Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Zayd or Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with them) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah al-A'raf in both rak'ahs of Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah al-Tin in Maghrib.

Amr bin Maymun said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Maghrib prayer. In the first rak'ah he recited Surah al-Tin, and in the second Surah al-Fil and Surah Quraysh.

Zurarah bin Awfa said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) had me read the letter of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), in which was written: "Lead the people in the Maghrib prayer reciting from the last part of the Mufassal."

Abu Uthman al-Nahdi said: Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Maghrib prayer and recited Surah al-Ikhlas in it. Hearing his beautiful voice, I wished that he had recited Surah al-Baqarah.

Abdullah bin al-Harith said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited Surah al-Dukhan in Maghrib.

Abu Nawfal said: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recite Surah al-Nasr in Maghrib.

Amr bin Murrah said: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) recite Surah Qaf in Maghrib.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited Surah Ya Sin in Maghrib.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited Surah Ya Sin and Surah al-Naba' in Maghrib.

Al-Hasan said that Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite Surah al-Zalzalah and Surah al-Adiyat in Maghrib.

Isma'il bin Abd al-Malik said: I heard Sa'id bin Jubayr in Maghrib (while reciting Surah al-Zalzalah) say once 'tunabbi'u akhbaraha' (it will inform of its news) and once 'tuhaddithu akhbaraha' (it will relate its news).

Muhill said that Ibrahim used to recite Surah Quraysh in the first rak'ah of Maghrib.

Rabi' said that al-Hasan always used to recite Surah al-Zalzalah and Surah al-Adiyat in Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) led some people in the Maghrib prayer. Meanwhile a young man of the Ansar, who was doing some work on his camel, passed by and joined the congregation. Sayyiduna Mu'adh made the recitation very long, because of which the young man broke off the prayer and went off in search of his camel. When this reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "O Mu'adh! Are you one who puts people to trial (and drives them away from the religion)? Why does not one of you recite Surah al-A'la and Surah al-Shams in Maghrib?"

Nusayr bin Dhu'luq said that al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym used to recite, from the short Mufassal, Surah al-Kafirun and Surah al-Ikhlas in Maghrib.

Al-Dahhak bin Uthman said: I heard Umar bin Abd al-Aziz recite from the short Mufassal in Maghrib.