صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayers
باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ:
Chapter: The Recitation For Zuhr And 'Asr
Hadith 453
This hadith is listed as number 1016 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ : " أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ ، شَكَوْا سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَذَكَرُوا مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَذَكَرَ لَهُ مَا عَابُوهُ بِهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي لَأُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، مَا أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا ، إِنِّي لَأَرْكُدُ بِهِمْ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ ، وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ : ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ أَبَا إِسْحَاق " ،
Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The people of Kufa complained to Umar bin Khattab about Sa'id and they made a mention of his prayer. 'Umar sent for him. He came to him. He ('Umar) told him that the people had found fault with his prayer. He said: I lead them in prayer in accordance with the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . I make no decrease in it. I make them stand for a longer time in the first two (rak'ahs) and shorten it in the last two. Upon this 'Umar remarked: This is what I deemed of thee, O Abu Ishaq.
