السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
جماع أبواب القراءة -- باب: طول القراءة وقصرها
s on recitation -- Chapter: Lengthening and shortening the recitation
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أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطُّوسِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ مُنِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، ثنا الضَّحَاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ الْأَشَجِّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: " مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ لِرَجُلٍ كَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ، وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ " قَالَ الضَّحَاكُ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ: " مَا رَأَيْتُ صَلَاةً أَشْبَهَ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى " يَعْنِي عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ الضَّحَاكُ: فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِثْلَ مَا وَصَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ،.
Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I have not seen anyone whose prayer resembled the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) more than so-and-so, who was the governor of the people of Madinah. Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I prayed behind him; he would lengthen the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and shorten the last two. He would also shorten the Asr prayer; in the first two rak'ahs of Maghrib he would recite from the qisar al-mufassal (the short surahs of the Mufassal); in the first two rak'ahs of Isha he would recite from the awsat al-mufassal (the medium surahs of the Mufassal); and in the Fajr prayer he would recite from the tiwal al-mufassal (the long surahs of the Mufassal).
Al-Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: A man who heard Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that he said: I have not seen anyone whose prayer resembled the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) more than this young man, by whom he meant Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him). Al-Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I also prayed behind him, and he prayed just as Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) described above.
Al-Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: A man who heard Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that he said: I have not seen anyone whose prayer resembled the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) more than this young man, by whom he meant Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him). Al-Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I also prayed behind him, and he prayed just as Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) described above.
وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْكَبِيرِ الْحَنَفِيُّ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ بِالْإِسْنَادَيْنِ جَمِيعًا.
This same narration is reported through another chain.
أنبأ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ بِلَالٍ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، ثنا أَبِي قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " مَا مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ سُورَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ وَلَا كَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَؤُمُّ بِهَا النَّاسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ ".
Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: There is no surah of the Mufassal, short or long, that I did not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite while leading the people in the obligatory prayers.
