Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And with that: do not omit it as those who omit the bowing and prostration
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The reader: "And with that: do not omit it as those who omit the bowing and prostration, and the two upright positions, as indicated by the hadith of Anas and al-Bara', or perhaps those imams were reducing the recitation, or the reciters and the remaining pillars, from what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .
The Shaykh : the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars.
The reader: How?
The Shaykh : You say the reciters
The reader: Yes, indeed
The Shaykh : No, in our text it is the recitation, meaning either they reduce only the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars. Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : or the recitation
The student: ...
The Shaykh : or the recitation, okay...
The reader: "or perhaps those imams were reducing the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars, from what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. As Abu Qazza'ah narrated, he said:. And in a narration Muslim narrated it in *his Sahih*. This makes it clear to you that Abu Sa'id saw the prayer".
The Shaykh : This is what indicates what we mentioned a little while ago, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) does not recite "When the night covers" and similar verses in the midday prayer except occasionally. The predominant practice is that he lengthens it. And on this basis, in my view, the longest prayers are Fajr, then Zuhr, then 'Asr and 'Isha', equally so as appears from the Sunnah, and Maghrib is the shortest. Maghrib is the shortest in recitation; he used to recite the short surahs of the final part of the Qur'an in it. This is the predominant practice, and the matter may differ for various reasons.
The Shaykh : the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars.
The reader: How?
The Shaykh : You say the reciters
The reader: Yes, indeed
The Shaykh : No, in our text it is the recitation, meaning either they reduce only the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars. Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : or the recitation
The student: ...
The Shaykh : or the recitation, okay...
The reader: "or perhaps those imams were reducing the recitation, or the recitation and the remaining pillars, from what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. As Abu Qazza'ah narrated, he said:
I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri while people were crowded around him. When the people dispersed from him, I said: I am not asking you about what these people asked you about. I said: I am asking you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: What good is there for you in that? He repeated it to him, and he said: The midday prayer would be established, and one of us would go to al-Baqi' to relieve himself, then go to his family to perform ablution, then return to the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would be in the first rak'ah
أتيتُ أبا سعيد الخدريّ وهو مكثور عليه، فلما تفرق الناس عنه، قلت : إني لا أسألك عما سألك هؤلاء عنه، قلت : أسألُك عن صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ فقال : ما لك في ذلك من خير فأعادها عليه، فقال : كانت صلاة الظهر تُقام، فينطلقُ أحدنا إلى البقيع فيقضي حاجته ثم يأتي أهله فيتوضأ، ثم يرجعُ إلى المسجد، ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في الركعة الأولىfrom what he lengthened it
مما يطوِّلهاThe Shaykh : This is what indicates what we mentioned a little while ago, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) does not recite "When the night covers" and similar verses in the midday prayer except occasionally. The predominant practice is that he lengthens it. And on this basis, in my view, the longest prayers are Fajr, then Zuhr, then 'Asr and 'Isha', equally so as appears from the Sunnah, and Maghrib is the shortest. Maghrib is the shortest in recitation; he used to recite the short surahs of the final part of the Qur'an in it. This is the predominant practice, and the matter may differ for various reasons.