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tabarani:9857Isḥāq b. Dāwud al-Ṣawwāf al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar al-Baḥrānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Mūsá > ʿĪsá b. Qirṭās > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh > Jāʾ a man

[Machine] Read like the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to read two detailed chapters in one unit of prayer.  

الطبراني:٩٨٥٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الصَّوَّافُ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ الْبَحْرَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ قِرْطَاسٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَقَالَ

هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ اقْرَأْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ سُورَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ  


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nasai:1006ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Yaḥyá b. And Thhāb > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh Waʾatāh a man

A man came to him and said: "Last night I recited Al-Mufassal in one rak'ah." He said: "That is like reciting poetry. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite similar surahs, twenty surahs from Al-Mufassal, those that start with Ha-Mim."  

النسائي:١٠٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي قَرَأْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَقَالَ هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ النَّظَائِرَ عِشْرِينَ سُورَةً مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ مِنْ آلِ حم