صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب الأذان والإقامةChapters on Adhan and Iqamah
(112) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِطُولِ الطُّولَيْنِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَا فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.Chapter 112: Evidence that the Prophet recited long surahs in the first two rak‘ahs of Maghrib, not just one
Hadith 520
حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي الْحَنَفِيَّ ، أنا الضَّحَّاكُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ فُلانٍ ، لأَمِيرٍ كَانَ بِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ : " فَصَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَرَاءَهُ ، فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ ، وَيُخَفِّفُ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ ، وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ ، وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ ، وَفِي الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ ، وَفِي الصُّبْحِ بِطُوَلِ الْمُفَصَّلِ " . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : هَذَا الاخْتِلافُ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الْمُبَاحِ ، جَائِزٌ لِلْمُصَلِّي أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلِّهَا الَّتِي يُزَادُ عَلَى فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فِيهَا بِمَا أَحَبَّ ، وَشَيْئًا مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ ، لَيْسَ بِمَحْظُورٍ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ بِمَا شَاءَ مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ ، غَيْرُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ إِمَامًا فَالاخْتِيَارُ لَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ ، وَلا يُطَوِّلَ بِالنَّاسِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فَيَفْتِنَهُمْ ، كَمَا قَالَ الْمُصْطَفَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ : أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فَتَّانًا ، وَكَمَا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الأَئِمَّةَ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا الصَّلاةَ ، فَقَالَ : " مَنْ أَمَّ مِنْكُمُ النَّاسَ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ " وَسَأُخَرِّجُ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارَ أَوْ بَعْضَهَا فِي كِتَابِ الإِمَامَةِ ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ مَوْضِعُ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارِ
Sulaiman bin Yasar narrates that he heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: I have not seen anyone who performed prayer more similar to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than such-and-such governor of Madinah. Sulaiman says: So I also prayed behind this governor (and he used to pray in such a way that) in the first two rak‘ahs of Zuhr he would recite at length, and in the last two rak‘ahs he would recite briefly. And he would make the ‘Asr prayer short. In the first two rak‘ahs of Maghrib prayer, he would recite the short surahs of al-Mufassal, and in the first two rak‘ahs of ‘Isha’ prayer, he would recite the medium-length surahs of al-Mufassal, and in the Fajr prayer, he would recite the long surahs of al-Mufassal.
Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Regarding recitation, this difference is of the permissible type. It is permissible for the one praying to recite whichever surah of the Qur’an he likes in Maghrib prayer and all other prayers in which recitation beyond Surah al-Fatihah is done; it is not prohibited for him to recite any surah of the Qur’an according to his wish. Except in the case when he is an imam, then it is better for him to recite briefly and not to recite at length and put people to trial (so that they abandon congregational prayer), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu‘adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) for reciting at length: “Do you want to become a source of tribulation?” And as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has commanded the imams to lead light and brief prayers, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should make it light (i.e., should lead a brief prayer).” Soon I will mention all these ahadith or some of them in the Book of Imamah, because the original place for these ahadith is that book.
Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Regarding recitation, this difference is of the permissible type. It is permissible for the one praying to recite whichever surah of the Qur’an he likes in Maghrib prayer and all other prayers in which recitation beyond Surah al-Fatihah is done; it is not prohibited for him to recite any surah of the Qur’an according to his wish. Except in the case when he is an imam, then it is better for him to recite briefly and not to recite at length and put people to trial (so that they abandon congregational prayer), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu‘adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) for reciting at length: “Do you want to become a source of tribulation?” And as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has commanded the imams to lead light and brief prayers, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should make it light (i.e., should lead a brief prayer).” Soon I will mention all these ahadith or some of them in the Book of Imamah, because the original place for these ahadith is that book.
