سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب كَيْفَ الْعَمَلُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ في الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ:
Chapter: How to recite in Dhuhr and Asr
Hadith 1326
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ "يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِسُورَتَيْنِ مَعَهَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا، وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى" .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Fatihah and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and Asr prayers (i.e., in each rak'ah, Surah Al-Fatihah and one surah, as in Bukhari), and sometimes he would make us hear a verse, and he would recite longer in the first rak'ah.
Hadith 1327
Abu Asim (Dahhak bin Makhlad) reported, from Awza'i, who narrated from Yahya with his chain, a similar narration.
Hadith 1328
أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبأَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ "يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَبِسُورَتَيْنِ، وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ، وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ، وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مَا لَا يُطِيلُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ، وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ".
Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrated that his father (Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to him that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Fatihah and two other surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr prayer, and in the last two rak'ahs he would recite only Surah Al-Fatihah. Sometimes he would let us hear a verse, and he would make the first rak'ah longer and the second rak'ah not as long. Similarly, in the 'Asr prayer, and likewise in the Fajr prayer, he would recite at length.
