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The recitation of Qur´an in the ´Isha (night) prayer

 289. Jabir narrated: MU´adh (bin Jabal) used to pray with the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam then would come to lead his people in prayer. One night he performed ´Isha (night) prayer with the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam. He then came to his people and led them in prayer beginning with Surah Al-Baqarah. A man turned aside, said the Taslim (As-Salamu ´Alaikum for concluding the prayer), then prayed alone and departed. People said to him: ´´Have you become a hypocrite, O so-and-so?´´ He said: ´´I swear by Allah that I have not, but I will certainly go to Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam and inform (him) about this.´´ He then came to the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam and said: ´´O Messenger of Allah, we look after camels that we use for watering, and work by day. Mu´adh performed the ´Isha (night) prayer with you. He then came and began with surah Al-Baqarah.´´ Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam then turned to Mu´adh and said: ´´Are you there (to put the p...

Recitation of the Qur´an in Maghrib (evening) prayer

 288. Ibn ´Abbas said that Ummul-Fadal bint Al-Harith heard him (Ibn ´Abbas) as he was reciting Surat Al-Mursalat (Surah 77), She said: ´´O my son! You reminded me of the recitation of this Surah. It was the last Surah which I heard the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam reciting in the Maghrib (evening) prayer.´´

The recitation in Zuhr and ´Ars (prayer)

 286. Abu Qatadah narrated: The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam used to lead us in prayers, and he would recite Surat Al-Fatihah and another Surah in the first two Rak´ah of Zuhr and ´Ars prayers. And he sometimes would recite loud enough to make us hear the Verse and would recite Surat Al-Fatihah (only) in the last two Rak´at. 287. Abu Sa´id Al-Khudri narrated that the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam used to reicte about thirty Verses in every Rak´ah of the first two Rak´at of Zuhr prayer, and about fifteen Verses (or: half of the first Rak´ah) in the last two (Rak´at); and about fifteen Verses in every Rak´ah of the ´Ars prayer in the first two Rak´at and half of the first ones in the last two Rak´at.

Recitation in the morning prayer

 285. Simak bin Harb narrated: I asked Jabir bin Samurah about the prayers of the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam. He said: ´´He salla alayhi wa sallam used to shorten the prayers and he did not pray like these people.´´ And he said that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam used to recite Qaf wal-Qur´anil-Majeed´ (Surah 50) and a passage of similar length in the morning prayer.

Saying Tahmid and Ta´min

 284. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´Say Amin when the Imam says Amin; for he whose utterance of Amin synchronises with the Amin of the angels, his past sins will be forgiven.´´ Ibn Shihab said: ´´The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam used to say Amin.´´

The recitation behind the Imam

 283. Imran bin Husain narrated: The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam led us in Zuhr or ´Asr prayer. (On concluding it) he said, ´´Who recited behind me ´Sabbihisma Rabbikal-A´la´ [Declare the Name of your God, the Most High (87:1)?´´ A man said, ´´I did but I intended nothing but good.´´ He (the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam) said, ´´I felt that someone of you was reciting it with me.´´

The recitation of whatever is available

 282. Abu Hurairah narrated: The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam entered the mosque and a man also entered therein adn performed prayer and then came and greeted the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam. The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam returned his greeting and said: ´´Go back and pray, for you have not prayed.´´ The man again prayed as he prayed before, and came to the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam and greeted him. The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said, ´´Wa alaikas-Salam´´ (return the greeting) and said, ´´Go back and pray for you have not prayed.´´ This was repeated three times. Upon this the man said, ´´By Him Who has sent you with truth, I can not do better than this. Teach me.´´ He said: ´´When you get up to pray, say Takbir, and then recite whatever you can conceniently from the Qur´an, then bow down and remain quietly in that posture; then raise yourself and stand stright; then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that posture,...