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bayhaqi:3063 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Isḥāq Imlāʾ > Abū Muslim > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the first two Rak'ahs of the Dhuhr prayer the opening chapter of the Quran and another chapter, and he would sometimes recite a verse that we could hear. He would also recite the opening chapter in the last two Rak'ahs of the prayer, and he would prolong his recitation in the first Rak'ah more than in the second Rak'ah. The same would apply to the Asr prayer and the Fajr prayer. This narration is reported in Sahih from the Hadith of Hammam ibn Yahya and others.  

البيهقي:٣٠٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثنا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْأَحْيَانَ الْآيَةَ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مَا لَا يُطِيلُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَالَ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَغَيْرِهِ  

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bukhari:776 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Hammām > Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "The Prophet ﷺ uses to recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two rakʿat of the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two rakʿat of the Zuhr prayer. Sometimes a verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the first rakʿa more than the second and used to do the same in the ʿAsr and Fajr prayers."  

البخاري:٧٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مَا لاَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَهَكَذَا فِي الْعَصْرِ وَهَكَذَا فِي الصُّبْحِ  

ahmad:22617 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the first two units of the Dhuhr prayer the mother of the book (Al-Fatiha) and two surahs. Sometimes, he would let us hear a verse. He would recite in the last two units of the prayer the mother of the Quran (Al-Fatiha). He would prolong the recitation in the first unit more than the second unit, and the same for the Asr prayer and the Fajr prayer. 'Affan and Abaan bin Yazid Al-Atar said the same.  

أحمد:٢٢٦١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْأَحْيَانَ الْآيَةَ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ وَكَانَيُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مَا لَا يُطِيلُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ وَأَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارُ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً  

darimi:1330 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hammām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to read in the first two units of the Dhuhr prayer Surat Al-Fatiha and two other Surahs. In the last two units, he used to read Surat Al-Fatiha only and he would make us hear the verse. He would prolong the first unit more than the second unit, and he would do the same in the Asr and Fajr prayers.  

الدارمي:١٣٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَِسُورَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مَا لَا يُطِيلُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ»