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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي وَصَفْنَاهَا فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ كَانَتْ تَعْقُبُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ

ibnhibban:1831ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"My father told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 975)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٣١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ مَعَهَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:778Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rakʿat of the Zuhr and ʿAsr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong the first rakʿa."  

البخاري:٧٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ مَعَهَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى  

muslim:451aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná al-ʿAnazī > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > al-Ḥajjāj / al-Ṣawwāf > Yaḥyá / Ibn Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah Waʾabī Salamah > Abū Qatādah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer and recited in the first two rak'ahs of the noon and afternoon prayers Surat al-Fitiha and two (other) surahs. And he would sometimes recite loud enough for us the verses. He would prolong the first rak'ah more than the second. And he acted similarly in the morning prayer.  

مسلم:٤٥١aوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ يَعْنِي الصَّوَّافَ عَنْ يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ  

nasai:975ʿImrān b. Yazīd b. Khālid b. Muslim Yuʿraf Biāb. Abū Jamīl al-Dimashqī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbdullāh b. Samāʿah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from my father

"My father told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy."  

النسائي:٩٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ يُعْرَفُ بِابْنِ أَبِي جَمِيلٍ الدِّمَشْقِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى  

nasai:977Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Abān b. Yazīd > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and in the last two with Umm Al-Quran, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy."  

النسائي:٩٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَفِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ أَوَّلَ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ  

nasai:978Qutaybah > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father > Abū Salamah > Abū Qatādah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah of zuhr lengthy, and he did likewise in Subh."  

النسائي:٩٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الأُولَى فِي الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ  

abudawud:798[Chain 1] Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh [Chain 2] Ibn al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > al-Ḥajjāj And Hadhā Lafẓuh > Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah > Ibn al-Muthanná Waʾabī Salamah Thum Āttafaqā > Abū Qatādah > Kān

The apostle of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayers Fatihat al-kitab and two surahs, and he would sometimes recite loud enough for us to hear the verse. He would prolong the first rak’ah of the noon prayer and shorten the second; and he did so in the morning prayer. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad did not mention the words fatihat al-kitab and surah.  

أبو داود:٧٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ مُسَدَّدٌ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةً
ibnmajah:829Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite when leading us in the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr prayer, and sometimes he would recite such that we could hear the Verse.”  

ابن ماجة:٨٢٩حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الصَّوَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا  

ahmad:19418Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > al-Ḥajjāj / al-Ṣawwāf b. Abū ʿUthmān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah And ʾAbī Salamah > Abū Qatādah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah of zuhr lengthy, and he did likewise in Subh." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 978)  

أحمد:١٩٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ يَعْنِي الصَّوَّافَ بْنَ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ  

ahmad:22654Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > al-Ḥajjāj / Ibn Abū ʿUthmān al-Ṣawwāf > Yaḥyá / Ibn Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah of zuhr lengthy, and he did likewise in Subh." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 978)  

أحمد:٢٢٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ الصَّوَّافَ عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَذَلِكَ الصُّبْحُ  

ahmad:22520Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

His father told him: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite for us in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr prayer, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes. He would make the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter. And he used to do that in Subh too, make the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter. And he used to recite in the first two rak'ahs of 'Asr prayer, making the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 976)  

أحمد:٢٢٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَؤُمُّنَا يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِيُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:22563Yūnus > Abān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two units (rak'ahs) of Asr and Dhuhr with two surahs and the opening chapter of the Quran. He would sometimes recite a verse that we could hear. In the last two units (rak'ahs), he would recite the opening chapter of the Quran. He used to prolong the first rak'ah of the Fajr (dawn) prayer and the first rak'ah of the Dhuhr (noon) prayer.  

أحمد:٢٢٥٦٣حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَالظُّهْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ وَأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْأَحْيَانَ الْآيَةَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ أَوَّلَ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَأَوَّلَ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ  

ahmad:22570Ismāʿīl > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

His father told him: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite for us in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr prayer, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes. He would make the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter. And he used to do that in Subh too, make the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter. And he used to recite in the first two rak'ahs of 'Asr prayer, making the first rak'ah longer and the second shorter." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 976)  

أحمد:٢٢٥٧٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِنَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:22596Sūwayd b. ʿAmr al-Kalbī > Abān b. Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] That the Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and would recite in the noon and afternoon prayers in the first two cycles (rak'ahs) two chapters from the Qur'an, then a verse on occasion, and in the last two cycles, he would recite the same chapter. He would prolong the recitation in the first rak'ah of the noon prayer and the afternoon prayer.  

أحمد:٢٢٥٩٦حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْكَلْبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارُ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ وَأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَاالْأَحْيَانَ الْآيَةَ وَفِي الْآخِرَتَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:22597Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"My father told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 975)   

أحمد:٢٢٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ مَعَهَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى  

ahmad:22627Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hammām b. Yaḥyá And ʾAbān b. Yazīd > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite in the first two rak'ahs of the noon and afternoon prayers the opening chapter of the Book and another surah. He would sometimes recite loud enough to make audible to us the verse and would recite in the last two rak'ahs Surat al-Faitiha (only). (Using translation from Muslim 451b)  

أحمد:٢٢٦٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ  

ahmad:22648Wakīʿ > ʿAlī / Ibn al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the first two units of Dhuhr prayer an ayah that we could hear sometimes, then he would prolong the first unit and shorten the second. And he would recite in the first two units of Asr prayer while prolonging the first unit, and he would recite in the first unit of Fajr prayer while prolonging it and shorten the second unit.  

أحمد:٢٢٦٤٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ يُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا فَيُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَصْرِ وَيُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنَ الْفَجْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ  

darimi:1328Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rakʿat of the Zuhr and ʿAsr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong the first rakʿa." (Using translation from Bukhārī 778)  

الدارمي:١٣٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِسُورَتَيْنِ مَعَهَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى»  

nasai-kubra:1049ʿImrān b. Yazīd b. Khālid b. Muslim al-Dimashqī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbdullāh b. Samāʿah > al-Awzāʿī Wāsmuh ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr Abū ʿAmr > Yaḥyá / Ibn Abū Kathīr Yamāmī Wakunyatuh Abū Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from my father

"My father told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 975)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَاسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرِو أَبُو عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ يَمَامِيٌّ وَكُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى»  

nasai-kubra:1051Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Abān b. Yazīd > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Umm Al-Quran and two surahs in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and 'Asr, and in the last two with Umm Al-Quran, and he would make us hear a verse sometimes, and he used to make the first rak'ah lengthy." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 977)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَ يُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ أَوَّلَ رَكْعَةٍ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ»  

bayhaqi:3863Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Hishām > 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 noon and afternoon prayers, and he would sometimes make us hear a verse. He would also lengthen the first unit and shorten the second unit. And he would recite in the two units of the evening prayer.  

البيهقي:٣٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيُطِيلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى وَيُقَصِّرُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ