Volume 1, Book 12, Number 731:
Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam:
Zaid bin Thabit said to me, “Why do you recite very short S&ras in the Maghrib prayer while I
heard the Prophet reciting the longer of the two long Suras?”
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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 732:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut’im:
My father said, “I heard Allah’s Apostle reciting “At-Tur” (52) in the Maghrib prayer.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 723:
Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 724:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle entered the mosque and a person followed him. The man prayed and went to the
Prophet and greeted him. The Prophet returned the greeting and said to him, “Go back and pray, for
you have not prayed.” The man went back prayed in the same way as before, returned and greeted
the Prophet who said, “Go back and pray, for you have not prayed.” This happened thrice. The man
said, “By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I cannot offer the prayer in a better way than this. Please,
teach me how to pray.” The Prophet said, “When you stand for Prayer say Takbir and then recite from
the Holy Qur’an (of what you know by heart) and then bow till you feel at ease. Then raise your head
and stand up straight, then prostrate till you feel at ease during your prostration, then sit with
calmness till you feel at ease (do not hurry) and do the same in all your prayers
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 725:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura:
Sa’d said, “I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah’s Apostle (the prayer of Zuhr
and ‘Asr) reducing nothing from them. I used to prolong the first two Rakat and shorten the last two
Rak’at.” ‘Umar said to Sa’d “This was what we thought about you.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 726:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
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My father said, “The Prophet in Zuhr prayers used to recite Al-Fatiha along with two other Suras
in the first two Rakat: a long one in the first Rak’a and a shorter (Sura) in the second, and at times the
verses were audible. In the ‘Asr prayer the Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha and two more Suras in the
first two Rakat and used to prolong the first Rak’a. And he used to prolong the first Rak’a of the Fajr
prayer and shorten the second.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 713:
Narrated Abu Ma’mar:
We asked Khabbab whether Allah’s Apostle used to recite (the Qur’an) in the Zuhr and the ‘Asr
prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, “How did you come to know about it?” He said, “By
the movement of his beard.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 714:
Narrated Al-Bara:
(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the Prophet and he raised his head
from the bowing, we used to remain standing till we saw him prostrating .