Volume 4, Book 52, Number 106:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
(from his father) Abu Qatada went out (on a journey) with Allah’s Apostle but he was left behind
with some of his companions who were in the state of Ihram. He himself was not in the state of
Ihram. They saw an opener before he could see it. When they saw the opener, they did not speak
anything till Abu Qatada saw it. So, he rode over his horse called Al-Jarada and requested them to
give him his lash, but they refused. So, he himself took it and then attacked the opener and
slaughtered it. He ate of its meat and his companions ate, too, but they regretted their eating. When
they met the Prophet (they asked him about it) and he asked, “Have you some of its meat (left) with
you?” Abu Qatada replied, “Yes, we have its leg with us.” So, the Prophet took and ate it.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 743:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
My father said, “The Prophet uses to recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two
Rakat of the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two Rakat of the Zuhr prayer. Some –
times a verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the first Rak’a more than the second and used
to do the same in the ‘Asr and Fajr prayers.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 745:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
My father said, “The Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two
Rakat of the Zuhr and ‘Asr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong the
first Rak’a.”
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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 729:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
My father said, “The Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two
Rakat of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr prayers and at times a t verse or so was audible to us.”
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 11, Number 675:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abi Qatada:
My father said, “The Prophet said, ‘When I stand for prayer, I intend to prolong it but on hearing
the cries of a child, I cut it short, as I dislike to trouble the child’s mother.’ “
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 608:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
My father said, “While we were praying with the Prophet he heard the noise of some people. After
the prayer he said, ‘What is the matter?’ They replied ‘We were hurrying for the prayer.’ He said, ‘Do
not make haste for the prayer, and whenever you come for the prayer, you should come with
calmness, and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have
missed.”