Volume 1, Book 12, Number 741:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet recited aloud in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so and quietly in the pray –
ers in which he was ordered to do so. “And your Lord is not forgetful.” “Verily there was a good ex –
ample for you in the ways of the Prophet.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 742:
Narrated Abu Wa’il:
A man came to Ibn Mas’ud and said, “I recited the Mufassal (Suras) at night in one Rak’a.” Ibn
Mas’ud said, “This recitation is (too quick) like the recitation of poetry. I know the identical Suras
which the Prophet used to recite in pairs.” Ibn Mas’ud then mentioned 20 Mufassal Suras including
two Suras from the family of (i.e. those verses which begin with) AL, HA, MIM (which the Prophet
used to recite) in each Rak’a.
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 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.