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abudawud:812 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam

Zaid b. Thabit asked me: Why do you recite short surahs in the sunset prayer? I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) reciting two long surahs at the sunset prayers. I asked him: which are those two long surahs? He replied: Al-A’raf(surah vii) and al-an’am(surah vi). I ( the narrator Ibn Juraij) asked Ibn Mulaikah (about these surahs): He said on his own accord: Al-ma’idah (surah v.) and al-A’raf(furah vii.)  

أبو داود:٨١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِطُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ الأَعْرَافُ وَالأُخْرَى الأَنْعَامُ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ أَنَا ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ فَقَالَ لِي مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ الْمَائِدَةُ وَالأَعْرَافُ  

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ahmad:21646 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq And Ibn Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān

[Machine] He informed me that Zaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why don't you recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of shorter length? Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of lengthy length." I said to 'Urwa, "What are the Surahs of lengthy length?" He said, "It is Al-A'raf and those similar to it."  

أحمد:٢١٦٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يُحَدِّثُ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَعْرَافُ  

tabarani:4811 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] He informed him, he said to me, Zaid bin Thabit, what do you recite in the Maghrib prayer with a shortened surah, and indeed "the Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the two long surahs." I said to Urwah, what are the two long surahs? He said, "Al-A'raf".  

الطبراني:٤٨١١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَقَدْ «كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهُ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ طُولَ الطَّوِيلتَيْنِ» قُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ وَمَا طُولُ الطَّوِيلَتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ «الْأَعْرَافُ»  

bayhaqi:4036 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Abū ʿĀṣim al-Nabīl > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah > Marwān

[Machine] Abu Asim al-Nabil narrated that Ibn Jurayj informed him, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Urwah, from Marwan, who said: Zaid ibn Thabit asked me, "Why do you not recite in the Maghrib prayer the Muqatta' (shortened) Surahs? Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the two long Surahs." So, I asked Urwah, "What are the two long Surahs?" He said, "Al-A'raf." Then, I asked Ibn Abi Mulaykah, "What are the two long Surahs?" He said, "Al-An'am and Al-A'raf."  

البيهقي:٤٠٣٦ – أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ

ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيلُ أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِطُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَعْرَافُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَنْعَامُ وَالْأَعْرَافُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيلِ