حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَی عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْکِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَفِي الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْکِتَابِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّکْعَةِ الْأُولَی مَا لَا يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّکْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَهَکَذَا فِي الْعَصْرِ وَهَکَذَا فِي الصُّبْحِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 776
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father said, "The Prophet uses to recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two rak`at of the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer. Sometimes 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."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020