2. Ṣalāh (Prayer)

٢۔ كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ

2.436 [Machine] Reading in the first two units of Asr prayer

٢۔٤٣٦ الْقِرَاءَةُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ

nasai-kubra:1052Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father > Abū Salamah > Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Qatādah

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 798)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الْأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُقَصِّرُ الثَّانِيَةَ وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصُّبْحِ»  

nasai-kubra:1053ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ used to recite "By the heaven holding the big stars" and: "By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star)" and similar surahs in Zuhr and 'Asr. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 979)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِوَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ وَوَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَنَحْوَهُمَا»  

nasai-kubra:1054Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the noon prayer:" By the night when it envelopes" (xcii.), and in the afternoon like this, but he prolonged the morning prayer as compared to that (noon and afternoon prayers). (Using translation from Muslim 459)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَفِي الْعَصْرِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ وَفِي الصُّبْحِ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»