حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ، ثنا عَفَّانُ ، ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَكْتَتَانِ : سَكْتَةٌ إِذَا قَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ، وَسَكْتَةٌ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ " . فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ ، فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَكَتَبَ : أَنْ صَدَقَ سَمُرَةُ.
Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pause twice during the recitation. One pause would occur when he recited "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem," and the other pause would occur when he finished the recitation. Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) did not accept this, so the people wrote a letter regarding this matter to Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), and he replied in writing: Samurah has stated correctly.