موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Discussion on Voluntary and Sunnah Prayers
Voluntary prayer should be lengthy
Hadith 153
7- مالك عن ابن شهاب عن السائب بن يزيد عن المطلب بن أبى وداعة السهمي عن حفصة أم المؤمنين أنها قالت: ما رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي فى سبحته قاعدا قط، حتى كان قبل وفاته بعام، فكان يصلي فى سبحته قاعدا، ويقرأ بالسورة فيرتلها حتى تكون أطول من أطول منها.
Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing voluntary prayers while sitting, until one year before his passing, he began to perform voluntary prayers while sitting. He would recite the surah with measured recitation (tarteel), so much so that due to his tarteel, that surah would become longer than a surah that was actually longer than it.
