سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب قَدْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ في الظُّهْرِ:Chapter: Amount of recitation in Dhuhr
Hadith 1323
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ الْوَلِيدِ: أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ "يَقُومُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ قَدْرَ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً، وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ عَلَى قَدْرِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَفِي الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ، وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ عَلَى قَدْرِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ" .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand (in prayer) in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr for a duration equal to thirty verses, and in the last two rak'ahs, he would stand for half of that. In the first two rak'ahs of 'Asr, he would stand for the same duration as the last two rak'ahs of Zuhr, and in the last two rak'ahs of 'Asr, he would stand for half of that.
