حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ الْحَجَّاجِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ عَنْ يَحْيَی عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْکِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَکَانَ يُطَوِّلُ الرَّکْعَةَ الْأُولَی مِنْ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَکَذَلِکَ فِي الصُّبْحِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد لَمْ يَذْکُرْ مُسَدَّدٌ فَاتِحَةَ الْکِتَابِ وَسُورَةً
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 798
Abu Qatadah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayers Fatihat al-kitab and two surahs, and he would sometimes recite loud enough for us to hear the verse. He would prolong the first rak’ah of the noon prayer and shorten the second; and he did so in the morning prayer. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad did not mention the words fatihat al-kitab and surah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020