Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب تَخْفِيفِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ
Chapter: Shorting The Last Two Rak’ah.
2 hadith · references 803–804
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Abu Dawud · 803أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَمُدُّ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ ، وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ ، وَلَا آلُو مَا اقْتَدَيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَJabir bin Samurah reported: Umar said to Saad: people complain against you for everything, even for prayer. He replied: I prolong the first two rak’ahs of prayer and make the last two rak’ahs brief; I do not fall short o5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 804حَزَرْنَا قِيَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ، فَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ قَدْرَ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً قَدْرَ الم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْAbu Saeed Al Khudri said: We used to estimate how long the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in the noon and the afternoon prayer, and we estimated that he stood in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayer as long as it takes t6 narrators