SIFAT SALAAT AN NĀBI ﷺ* *(The Prophet's Prayer Described From The Beginning To The End As Though You See It) Episode 22 Zuhr Prayer

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*SIFAT SALAAT AN NĀBI ﷺ*

*(The Prophet's Prayer Described From The Beginning To The End As Though You See It)*

*Episode 22*

*Zuhr Prayer*

"He (Sallallaahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) used to recite al-Faatihah and two

soorahs in the first two rak'ahs, making the first one longer than the

278 Moosaa is mentioned in aayah 45: "Then We sent Moosaa and his brother Haaroon, with our signs and manifest

authority. ;" `Isa is mentioned soon after in aayah 50: "And We made the son of Maryam and his mother as a sign -

we gave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished with springs. "

279 Muslim, & Bukhaari in ta`leeq.form. It is given in Irwaa' (397).

280 Ahmad & Abu Ya`laa in their musnads, and Maqdisi in al-Mukhtaarah.

281 Bukhaari & Muslim.

282 ibid.

283 Ahmad with a saheeh isnaad.

284 Bukhaari & Muslim.

285 Muslim, Ibn Khuzaimah & Haakim.

286 Muslim & Abu Daawood.

287 ibid.

288 Ibn Maajah & Ibn Khuzaimah.

289 Tahaawi, Ibn Hibbaan in his saheeh & Ibn Bushraan; Ibn Haajar declared it hasan in al-Ahaadeeth al-`Aaliyaat (no. 16). second."290

Sometimes he would make lengthen it to the extent that "the Zuhr prayer

would have started, and someone could go to a plain: al-Baqi,' fulfil his

need, [come back to his place,] make his ablution, and then come (to the

mosque) while the Messenger of Allaah (Sallallaahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam)

was still in the first rak'ah, it was that long."291. Also, "they used to think

that he did it so that the people could catch the first rak'ah."292

"He used to recite in each of these two rak'ah about thirty aayaat, such

as al-Faatihah followed by soorah as-Sajdah (32:30)."293

Sometimes "he would recite "By the Sky and the Night-Visitant" (Taariq,

86:17), "By the Sky, (displaying) the Constellations" (Burooj, 85:22), "By

the Night as it conceals" (Layl, 92:21) and similar soorahs."294

Occasionally, he recited "When the Sky is rent asunder" (Inshiqaaq

84:25) and similar ones.295

"They could tell that he was reciting in Zuhr and 'Asr from the movement

of his beard."296

Recitation of Aayaat after al-Faatihah in the last two Rak'ahs "He used to make the last two rak'ahs about half as long as the first two,

about fifteen aayaat297, and sometimes he would recite only al-Faatihah

in them."298

Sometimes "he would let them hear an aayah or so."299

"They would hear the tones of his recitation of "Glorify the name of your

Lord Most High" (A'laa 87:19) and "Has the story reached you of the

290 Bukhaari & Muslim.

291 Muslim, & Bukhaari in Juz' al-Qiraa'ah (Article on Recitation).

292 Abu Daawood with a saheeh isnaad & Ibn Khuzaimah (1/165/1).

293 Ahmad & Muslim.

294 Abu Daawood, Tirmidhee& Ibn Khuzaimah (1/67/2); the latter two declared it saheeh.

295 Ibn Khuzaimah in his saheeh (1/67/2).

296 Bukhaari & Abu Daawood.

297 Ahmad & Muslim. The hadeeth contains evidence that reciting more than al-Faatihah in the last two rak`ahs is a

sunnah, and many Companions did so, among them Abu Bakr Siddeeq (may Allaah be pleased with him). It is also the

view of Imaam Shaafi`i, whether in Zuhr or others, and of our later scholars, Abul Hasanaat al-Lucknowi took it in Notes

on Muhammad's al-Muwatta' (p. 102) and said: 

"Some of our companions take hold a very strange view in obligating a sajdah sahw (prostration for forgetfulness) for the

recitation of a soorah in the last two rak`ahs, but the commentators on al-Maniyyah, Ibraaheem al-Halabi, Ibn Ameer Haajj

and others, have refuted this view extremely well. There is no doubt that those who said this were unaware of the

hadeeth, and had it reached them they would not have said so."

298 Bukhaari & Muslim.

299 Ibn Khuzaimah in his saheeh (1/67/2) & Diyaa' al-Maqdisi in al-Mukhtaarah with a saheeh isnaad. Overwhelming ?" (Ghaashiyah 88:26)."300

Sometimes "he would recite "By the Sky and the Night-Visitant" (Taariq,

86:17), "By the Sky, (displaying) the Constellations" (Burooj, 85:22), and

similar soorahs."301

Sometimes "he would recite "By the Night as it conceals" (Layl 92:21)

and similar soorahs."