Volume 1, Book 12, Number 746:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
My father said, “The Prophet used to prolong the first Rak’a of the Zuhr prayer and shorten the
second one and used to do the same in the Fajr prayer.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 747:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Say Amin” when the Imam says it and if the Amin of any one of you coincides
with that of the angels then all his past sins will be forgiven.” Ibn Shihab said, “Allah’s Apostle used to
Say “Amin.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 733:
Narrated Abu Rafi:
I offered the ‘Isha’ prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, “Idha-s-Sama’u-n-Shaqqat” (84)
and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, “I prostrated behind Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he
recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 734:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet was on a journey and recited in one of the first two Rakat of the ‘Isha’ prayer “Wat-
tini waz-zaituni.” (95)
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 735:
Narrated Abu Rafi’:
Once I prayed the ‘Isha’ prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, “Idha-s-Sama’ u-nShaqqat” (84)
and prostrated. I said, “What is that?” He said, “I prostrated behind Abu-l-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when
he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 736:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet reciting wat-tini wazzaituni” (95) in the ‘Isha’ prayer, and I never heard a
sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the Prophet.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 737:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura:
‘Umar said to Sa’d, “The people complained against you in everything, even in prayer.” Sa’d replied,
“Really I used to prolong the first two Rakat and shorten the last two and I will never shorten the
prayer in which I follow Allah’s Apostle.” ‘Umar said, “You are telling the truth and that is what I
think a tout you.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 1 > BOOK 12: CHARACTERISTICS OF PRAYER
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 738:
Narrated Saiyar bin Salama:
My father and I went to Abu Barza-al-Aslami to ask him about the stated times for the prayers. He
replied, “The Prophet used to offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun just declined from its highest posi –
tion at noon; the ‘Asr at a time when if a man went to the farthest place in Medina (after praying) he
would find the sun still hot (bright). (The sub narrator said: I have forgotten what Abu Barza said
about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet never found any harm in delaying the ‘Isha’ prayer to the
first third of the night and he never liked to sleep before it and to talk after it. He used to offer the
morning prayer at a time when after finishing it one could recognize the person sitting beside him
and used to recite between 60 to 100 verses in one or both the Rakat.”