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suyuti:4-1992b – ʿAli
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٤-١٩٩٢b –

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأمُرُ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْن بِسُوَرةٍ، وَفِى الأُخْرَيَيْن بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابِ إِذَا كانَ الرَّجُلُ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ".

الحسن بن بدر، [ق] البيهقى في السنن في القراءة

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ibnmajah:843 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Misʿar > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“We used to recite the Opening of the Book and a Surah behind the Imam in the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr, and in the last wo Rak’ah (we would recite) the Opening of the Book.”

ابن ماجة:٨٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَفِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

hakim:874 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh > Muḥammad b. Ghālib > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. al-Nuʿmān > Shuʿbah > Sufyān b. Ḥusayn > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Abū Rāfiʿ from his father > ʿAlī

“We used to recite the Opening of the Book and a Surah behind the Imam in the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr, and in the last wo Rak’ah (we would recite) the Opening of the Book.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 843)

الحاكم:٨٧٤ – فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَمْشَاذَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ «أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ

أَنْ يُقْرَأَ خَلْفِ الْإِمَامِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَفِي الْأُخَرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ» صحيح

bayhaqi:2956 – Muḥammad > Muḥammad > Hushaym > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > al-Shaʿbī

“We used to recite the Opening of the Book and a Surah behind the Imam in the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr, and in the last wo Rak’ah (we would recite) the Opening of the Book.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 843)

البيهقي:٢٩٥٦ – قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ثنا مُحَمَّدٌ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ اقْرَأْ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

suyuti:638-1b –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٦٣٨-١b –

" إِنَّ النبِىَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرأُ في الركعَتين الأُولَيينِ بِفَاتِحةِ الْكِتابِ وسورة، والأُخريينْ بِفَاتِحة الكِتَابِ".

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة