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Zaid bin Thabit said: "Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?" I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?" He said: "Al-A'raf."  

النسائي:٩٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا أَطْوَلُ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ الأَعْرَافُ  


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ahmad:21641Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said: "Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?" I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?" He said: "Al-A'raf." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 990)   

أحمد:٢١٦٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

لَهُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ؟ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِطُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ وَمَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَعْرَافُ  

nasai-kubra:1064Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said: "Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?" I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?" He said: "Al-A'raf." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 990)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ؟ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِطُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ «الْأَعْرَافُ»