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The Meaning of Jabir's Statement: "And His Prayer After That Was Toward Lightness"

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the hadith of Jabir ibn Samurah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
used to reciteكان يقرأ في الفجر
Sahih Muslim 458b
with a qaf and the like, and he said, "And his prayer after that was toward lightness." He asks: What is the meaning of this phrase, "and his prayer after that was toward"?

Answer:
It means he did not always commit to the long surahs, but sometimes he would shorten them to indicate the Sunnah and that he did not persist in lengthening the prayer. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم من لم يحسن فرض القراءة — islamhouse.com (59:34)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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