Chapter: Recitation in As-Subh
Abdullah b. Sa'id reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led us in the morning prayer in Mecca and began Sarat al-Mu'minin (xxiii ) but when he came to the mention of Moses and Aaron (verse. 45) or to the mention of Jesus (verse 50), a cough got the better of him, and he bowed. 'Abdullah b. Sa'ib was present there, and in the hadith narrated by Abd al-Razzaq (the words are): He cut short (the recitation) and bowed.
Amr b. Huwairith reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) recite in the morning prayer Wa'l-lail-i-idhd 'As'asa (ixxxi. 17).
Qutba b. Malik reported: I said prayer and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led it and he recited Qaf. (I.). By the Glorious Qur'an, till he recited and the tall palm trees (l. 10). I wanted to repeat it but I could not follow its significance.
Qutba b. Malik reported that he had heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reciting in the morning prayer this: And the tall palm trees having flower spikes piled one above another (Al-Qur'an 50:10).
Ziyad b. 'Ilaqa reported it on the authority of his uncle that he said the morning prayer with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he recited in the first rak'ah: And the tall palm trees having flower spikes piled one above another (l. 10) or perhaps Surah Qaf.
Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite in the morning prayer Qaf. By the Glorious Quran. and his prayer afterward shortened.
Simak asked Jabir b. Samura about the prayer of the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). He said: He (the Holy Prophet) shortened the prayer and he did not pray like these people then, and he informed me that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite Qaf. By the (Glorious) Qur'an, and a passage of similar length.
Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite in the noon prayer: By the night when it envelopes (xcii.), and in the afternoon like this, but he prolonged the morning prayer as compared to that (noon and afternoon prayers).
Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite in the noon prayer: Glorify the name of thy Most High Lord in the morning prayer longer than this (lxxxvii.)
Abu Barza reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite in the morning prayer from sixty to one hundred verses.
Abu Barza Aslami reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite from sixty to one hundred verses in the morning prayer.
Ibn Abbas reported: Umm al-Fadl daughter of al-Harith heard him reciting: By those sent forth to spread goodness (lxxvii.). (Upon this) she remarked: O my son, you reminded me by the recitation of this surah (the fact) that it was the last surah that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he recited it in the evening prayer.
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition: And he did not lead the player after this till his death.
Jubair b. Mut'im reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reciting Surat al-Tur (Mountain) (lii) in the evening prayer.
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
