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Sunan Abu Dawud 809

Chapter: The Amount Of Recitation In Zuhr and 'Asr

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 809

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ

لاَ أَدْرِي أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ أَمْ لاَ ‏.‏

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would recite the Qur'an at the noon and afternoon prayer or not.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 809) and Ahmad (No. 2134, 2216).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( لَا أَدْرِي أَكَانَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأ فِي الظُّهْر وَالْعَصْر أَمْ لَا ) : وَقَدْ دَرَى وَعَلِمَ قِرَاءَته صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَبَّاب وَأَبُو قَتَادَة وَغَيْرهمَا فَرِوَايَة الْعَالِمِينَ تَكُون مُقَدَّمَة عَلَى الشَّاكّ. وَالْحَدِيث أَخْرَجَهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ أَيْضًا.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 809
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 809
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 809
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 809

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My father said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers and at times a verse or so was audible to us."

يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ، وَسُورَةٍ سُورَةٍ، وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا‏.‏

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