Ya'la ibn Mumallak said that he asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: What have you to do with his prayer? He would pray, then sleep as long as he had prayed, till morning. She then described his recitation and did so with an exposition word by word. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1466)   

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَاتِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ وَمَا لَكُمْ وَصَلَاتُهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَدْرَ مَا نَامَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَنَعَتَتْ لَهُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا  

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a fast reader, I quickly memorize the Quran." So Ibn Abbas said, "I encourage you to recite Surah Al-Baqarah and memorize it, as I love reciting it more than reciting the entire Quran in a hurrying manner."  

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ إِنِّي أَهُذُّ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَأُرَتِّلُهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ هَذْرَمَةً  

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a swift reader and I may have read the Quran in one night or two." Ibn Abbas said, "I am more amazed by you reading one Surah than if you were to do what you do. If you are going to do it, then read it in a way that your ears can hear and your heart can understand."  

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَرُبَّمَا قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةً وَاحِدَةً أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي تَفْعَلُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا لَا بُدَّ فَاقْرَأْهُ قِرَاءَةً تُسْمِعُ أُذُنَيْكَ وَيَعِيهِ قَلْبُكَ  

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Read the Quran and let it move your hearts. May none of you be burdened until the end of the Surah."  

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَحَرِّكُوا بِهِ الْقُلُوبَ لَا يَكُونُ هَمُّ أَحَدِكُمْ آخِرَ السُّورَةِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying one night, reciting a verse repeatedly until he went into rukoo' (bowing) and sujood (prostration) with it. The verse was, "If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." [Surah Al-Ma'idah: 118] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, you continue to recite this verse until morning?" He said, "Indeed, I asked my Lord for intercession for my Ummah (nation) and it was granted to those who do not associate anything with Allah."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَهُوَ يُرَدِّدُ آيَةً حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ بِهَا يَرْكَعُ وَبِهَا يَسْجُدُ {إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ} [المائدة 118] قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا زِلْتَ تُرَدِّدُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتَ قَالَ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي الشَّفَاعَةَ لِأُمَّتِي وَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ لِمَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا  

“I heard Abu Dharr say: ‘The Prophet ﷺ stood reciting a Verse and repeating it until morning came. That Verse was: “If you punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You, are the All- Mighty, the All-Wise.’”” [5:118] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1350)   

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِآيَةٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ يُرَدِّدُهَا وَالْآيَةُ {إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ} [المائدة 118] تَابَعَهُ فُلَيْتٌ الْعَامِرِيُّ عَنْ جَسْرَةَ وَزَادَ بِهَا يَرْكَعُ وَبِهَا يَسْجُدُ