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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 827

Chapter: The recitation for the Zuhr and the ‘Asr

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 827

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ فُلاَنٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

“I have never seen anyone whose prayer more closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) than so-and-so. He used to lengthen the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr and shorten the last two Rak’ah, and he used to shorten the ‘Asr.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 827).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 827
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 827
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 827
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 827

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