A reading from the commentary on Sahih Muslim with the Shaykh’s annotations.

The reader: “His statement, ‘I said he would pray with it in one rak’ah,’ means I thought he would conclude the prayer with it and divide it between two rak’ahs, and by ‘rak’ah’ he meant the prayer in its entirety.”

The Shaykh : That is, he would pray with it in one rak’ah. Then I said, ‘He would bow…’ If we interpret as meaning ‘in one taslim,’ the difficulty is resolved. However, if we take it at its apparent meaning, there is a repetition with what follows. When the matter is between the statement being foundational or emphatic, it is preferable to interpret it as foundational, because emphasis involves addition and repetition. Therefore, the apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, is that his statement means ‘in two rak’ahs.’ This is the apparent meaning, and Allah knows best. Yes.
He says , and he recited three surahs whose length amounted to five parts and a quarter of a part. In this hadith, he began with al-Nisa before al-Imran, and this was before the final recitation with Jibril. Because in the final recitation, which occurred at the end of his life when Jibril recited the Qur’an to him twice, some things changed. Previously, Surah al-Nisa came before al-Imran, but in the final recitation, al-Imran became the first, meaning before Surah al-Nisa. This is why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pair them with al-Baqarah in the hadith regarding their virtue. He says , meaning not slowly and deliberately. Then add to that that he said, ‘When he passed a verse containing glorification, he would glorify; when he passed a verse containing a request, he would request; when he passed a verse containing seeking refuge, he would seek refuge.’ If you visualize this state, it becomes clear to you that the standing was very long, because a person recites five parts and a quarter in about an hour and a half. If he was reciting steadily and asking, seeking refuge, and glorifying, it became longer, longer than that. He says , and the apparent meaning of this hadith is that he would repeat , and that this bowing was like the standing, meaning close to it. This indicates the length of his bowing (peace and blessings be upon him). For this reason, he says, ‘So he would say , and his bowing was like his standing.’ Then he said , meaning and he completed the dhikr . In the hadith of Jarir, there is an addition, and he said .