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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1126 — he said: We used to estimate the length
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ : « كُنَّا نَحْزِرُ قِيَامَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ . فَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الظُّهْرِ ، فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ قَدْرَ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً ، كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ ، قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ : ( تَنْزِيلُ - السَّجْدَةِ ) . وَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ ، وَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ - يَعْنِي فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ - عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We used to estimate the length of the standing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Zuhr and Asr prayers. We estimated his standing in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr to be the equivalent of thirty verses, each rak'ah being as long as the recitation of Surah Tanzil al-Sajdah. We estimated his standing in the first two rak'ahs of Asr to be equal to the last two rak'ahs of Zuhr, and we estimated his standing, that is, in the last two rak'ahs of Asr, to be half of that."
