حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ سَکْتَتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْکَرَ ذَلِکَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ وَقَالَ حَفِظْنَا سَکْتَةً فَکَتَبْنَا إِلَی أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَکَتَبَ أُبَيٌّ أَنْ حَفِظَ سَمُرَةُ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَقُلْنَا لِقَتَادَةَ مَا هَاتَانِ السَّکْتَتَانِ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ الْقِرَائَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ قَالَ وَکَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ الْقِرَائَةِ أَنْ يَسْکُتَ حَتَّی يَتَرَادَّ إِلَيْهِ نَفَسُهُ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی حَدِيثُ سَمُرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ لِلْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَسْکُتَ بَعْدَمَا يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ وَبَعْدَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنْ الْقِرَائَةِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَقُ وَأَصْحَابُنَا
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 251
Al-Hasan narrated that : Samurah said: there are two pauses that I preserved from Allah's Messenger. But Imran bin Husain rejected that and said: We preserved one pause. So we wrote to Ubayy bin Ka'b in Al-Madinah. Ubayy wrote that Samurah was correct. Sa'eed said: We said to Qatadah: 'What are those two pauses?' He said: 'When he entered into his Salat, and when he finished his recitation.' Then he (Qatadah) said after that: 'And when he recited (Nor those who went astray.)' And he said: 'He liked to pause when he finished the recitation until he caught his breath.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020