I was with Ibn 'Abbas and a man asked him: "Did the Messenger of Allah recite during Zuhr and 'Asr?" He said: "No." He said: "Perhaps he used to recite to himself?" He said: "May your face be scratched! This question is worse than the first one. The Messenger of Allah was a slave whose Lord commanded him and he conveyed (the message). By Allah, the Messenger of Allah did not specify anything for us above the people, except for three things: He commanded us to perform Wudu' properly, not to consume charity, and not to mate donkeys with horses."  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ قَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الأُولَى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَبْدٌ أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِأَمْرِهِ فَبَلَّغَهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا اخْتَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَىْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ بِثَلاَثَةٍ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَأَنْ لاَ نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَلاَ نُنْزِيَ الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ  

[Machine] They asked him, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite in the Dhuhr and Asr prayers?" He said, "No." They said, "Maybe he used to recite inwardly?" He said, "That is evil. Surely the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was a servant obeying orders, conveying what he was sent with. And he did not differentiate between us and others except in three matters: he ordered us to perform ablution thoroughly, not to eat charity, and not to saddle a donkey on a horse."  

فَسَأَلُوهُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَقَالُوا فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ قَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ عَبْدًا مَأْمُورًا بَلَّغَ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَخُصَّنَا دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلا بِثَلاثٍ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَلا نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَلا نُنْزِيَ حِمَارًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was a slave commanded to convey the message by Allah. He did not differentiate between us and the people in anything except for three things: He commanded us to perform ablution properly, he forbade us from eating charity (for the poor), and he forbade us from placing a saddle on a horse over a donkey. Musa said, "So I met Abdullah ibn Hasan and I said to him, 'Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah informed me of such and such.' Abdullah ibn Hasan said, 'Indeed, horses were few among the Banu Hashim, so he loved for them to increase among them.'"  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدًا مَأْمُورًا بَلَّغَ وَاللهِ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ وَمَا اخْتَصَّنَا دُونَ النَّاسِ بِشَيْءٍ لَيْسَ ثَلاثًا أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَأَنْ لَا نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَأَنْ لَا نُنْزِيَ حِمَارًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ قَالَ مُوسَى فَلَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ حَسَنٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُبَيْدِاللهِ حَدَّثَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْخَيْلَ كَانَتْ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ قَلِيلَةً فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ تَكْثُرَ فِيهِمْ  

I was with Ibn 'Abbas and a man asked him: "Did the Messenger of Allah recite during Zuhr and 'Asr?" He said: "No." He said: "Perhaps he used to recite to himself?" He said: "May your face be scratched! This question is worse than the first one. The Messenger of Allah was a slave whose Lord commanded him and he conveyed (the message). By Allah, the Messenger of Allah did not specify anything for us above the people, except for three things: He commanded us to perform Wudu' properly, not to consume charity, and not to mate donkeys with horses." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3581)  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ؟ قَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدٌ أَمَرَهُ اللهُ بِأَمْرِهِ فَبَلَّغَهُ وَاللهِ مَا اخْتَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا بِثَلَاثَةٍ «أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَأَنْ لَا نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَأَنْ لَا نُنْزِي الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ»  

"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ أَكَانَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِى الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ فَقَالَ: لاَ، فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ سِرًا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ سِرٌّ مِنَ الأُولَى، كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ عَبْدًا مَأمُورًا، بَلَّغَ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ، وَمَا اخْتَصَّنَا بِشَىْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ، لَيْسَ ثَلاثًا: أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الوُضُوءَ، وَلاَ نَأكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَلاَ يُنْزَى حِمَارٌ عَلَى فَرَسٍ".