Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And it was also narrated from Shu'bah, from Sammak, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said:

The reader: "And it was also narrated from Shu'bah, from Sammak, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said:

the Prophet used to recite at the noon prayer, “By the night when it covers over”1 (a version says, “Glorify the name of thy most high Lord”, 2 at the afternoon prayer a similar amount, and at the Morning Prayer a longer passage than that.

كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقرأ في الظهر بالليل إذا يغشى، وفي العصر بنحو ذلك، وفي الصُبح أطول من ذلك

Mishkat al-Masabih 830

, and this clarifies what Muslim also narrated, from Zayd, who told us from Sammak, from Jabir ibn Samurah: أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يَقرأ في الفجر ب ق والقرآن المجيد وكانت صلاته بعد تخفيفاً That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the dawn prayer *Qaf* and the Glorious Qur'an, and his prayer after that was lightened He meant, and Allah knows best, by his saying:

And his prayer after that

وكانت صلاته بعد

i.e., after the dawn prayer, meaning that he lightened the prayers that come after the dawn prayer compared to the dawn prayer. For in the first narration, he combined describing the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as lightened, and that he used to recite in the dawn prayer with

Q

ق

And it is established in the authentic narrations from Umm Salama:

That she heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite in the dawn prayer *Al-Tur* during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and it is a group of verses

أنها سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقرأ في الفجر بالطور في حجة الوداع، وهي طائفة

".

The Shaykh : There is an apparent omission in my copy. First, his saying in the hadith of Jabir ibn Samurah: كان النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يقرأُ في الظهر ب الليل إذا يغشى، وفي العصر بنحو ذلك The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the midday prayer *Al-Najm* (When the Star Covers), and in the afternoon prayer something similar This perhaps occurred from him occasionally, otherwise the well-known practice of his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the general rule is that he used to recite in the midday prayer longer than this, by about *Al-Sajdah*, or longer. And likewise in the afternoon prayer, his prayer was shorter; the first rak'ah of the afternoon prayer was close in length to the second rak'ah of the midday prayer, but the midday prayer was longer than that. This indicates that the matter is one of approximation, meaning it does not mean that one must recite in the long surahs, nor that one must recite in the short surahs. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perhaps did so according to his energy and according to what is suitable for the followers. It may be appropriate not to recite from the long surahs, for example, when praying Jumu'ah with them on cold winter days, it is not appropriate to recite with them *Al-Jumu'ah* and *Al-Munafiqun*. Why? Because they need to perform wudu, and perhaps with the cold, a man may need to relieve himself and be troubled. In extreme heat also, do not recite with them that much, because they will be afflicted with distress and harm from sweat and other things. So you must consider the conditions of the people.