11. Commencement of the Prayer

١١۔ كتاب الافتتاح

11.71 Reciting: "By the sun and its brightness" in Isha'

١١۔٧١ باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ الآخِرَةِ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

nasai:998Qutaybah > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > Ṣallá Muʿādh b. Jabal Lʾaṣḥābih al-ʿIshāʾ Faṭawwal ʿAlayhim Fānṣaraf a man Minnā Faʾukhbir Muʿādh ʿAnh

"Mu'adh bin Jabal led his companions in praying Isha' and he made it lengthy. A man left, and Mu'adh was told about that, and he said: 'He is a hypocrite.' When news of that reached the man, he went to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what Mu'adh had said. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Do you want to be a cause of hardship, O Mu'adh? When you lead the people in prayer, recite 'By the sun and its brightness' and 'Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High' and 'By the night as it envelops'and 'Read! In the Name of your Lord.'"  

النسائي:٩٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ صَلَّى مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ لأَصْحَابِهِ الْعِشَاءَ فَطَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْصَرَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَأُخْبِرَ مُعَاذٌ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ

إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ مُعَاذٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فَتَّانًا يَا مُعَاذُ إِذَا أَمَمْتَ النَّاسَ فَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى } وَ { اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ }  

nasai:999Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq from my father > al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite 'By the sun and its brightness' and similar surahs in Isha'.  

النسائي:٩٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ الآخِرَةِ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَأَشْبَاهِهَا مِنَ السُّوَرِ