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[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, is recitation a requirement in every prayer?" He replied, "Yes." Then a man from the Ansar said, "Then this becomes obligatory."  

أحمد:٢١٧٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفِي كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ قِرَاءَةٌ ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَجَبَتْ هَذِهِ  

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ibnmajah:842 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Isḥāq b. Sulaymān > Muʿāwiyah b. Yaḥyá > Yūnus b. Maysarah > Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī > Abū al-Dardāʾ > Saʾalah a man > Aqraʾ And al-Imām Yaqraʾ

“Should I recite when the Imam is reciting?” He said: “A man asked the Prophet ﷺ whether there was recitation in every prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Yes.’ A man among the people said: ‘It has become obligatory.’”  

ابن ماجة:٨٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأُ وَالإِمَامُ يَقْرَأُ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَفِي كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ قِرَاءَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَجَبَ هَذَا