أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ الضَّحَّاکِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُکَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَائَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَائَ ذَلِکَ الْإِنْسَانِ وَکَانَ يُطِيلُ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَائِ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَأَشْبَاهِهَا وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 988
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. We prayed behind that person and he used to make the first two Rak’ahs oflengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make ‘Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal Surahs. In ‘Isha’ he recited: ‘By the sun and its brightness’ and similar St rahs, and in Subh he recited two lengthy Surahs. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020