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tabarani:4812 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah > Marwān

[Machine] For Zaid bin Thabit: What makes you read in prayer with a relatively short recitation? I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting with two long surahs. I asked, "What are these two long surahs?" He said, "Al-A'raf and Yunus."  

الطبراني:٤٨١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ فَلَقَدْ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِالطَّوِيلتَيْنِ» قُلْتُ وَمَا الطَّوِيلتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ «الْأَعْرَافُ وَيُونُسُ»  

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ahmad:21641 – Muḥammad 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:٢١٦٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:21646 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq And Ibn Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān

[Machine] He informed me that Zaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why don't you recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of shorter length? Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of lengthy length." I said to 'Urwa, "What are the Surahs of lengthy length?" He said, "It is Al-A'raf and those similar to it."  

أحمد:٢١٦٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يُحَدِّثُ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَعْرَافُ  

tabarani:4811 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam

[Machine] He informed him, he said to me, Zaid bin Thabit, what do you recite in the Maghrib prayer with a shortened surah, and indeed "the Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the two long surahs." I said to Urwah, what are the two long surahs? He said, "Al-A'raf".  

الطبراني:٤٨١١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَقَدْ «كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهُ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ طُولَ الطَّوِيلتَيْنِ» قُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ وَمَا طُولُ الطَّوِيلَتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ «الْأَعْرَافُ»