أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْکٍ عَنْ الضَّحَّاکِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُکَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَائَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ کَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَائِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِطُوَلِ الْمُفَصَّلِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 987
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم than so-and-so.” (The narrator) Sulaiman said: “He used to make the first two Rak’ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make ‘Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal Sulrahs, in ‘Isha’ the medium-length Mufassal and in Subh the long Mufassal Surahs. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020