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476. It was narrated that Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī said: "We used to estimate how long the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood when praying in Zuhr and 'Aṣr. We estimated that he stood in Zuhr for as long as it takes to recite thirty verses, as long as Sūrat As-Sajdah in the first two Rak'ahs, and half that in the last two. And we estimated that he stood for as long in the first two Rak'ahs of 'Aṣr as he stood in the last two Rak'ahs of Zuhr, and we estimated that he stood half as long as that in the last two Rak'ahs of 'Aṣr." (Ṣaḥīh)
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Besides knowing the number of Rak'ahs for the 'Aṣr prayer, we also got to know that the Prophet ﷺ used to only recite Surah Al-Fātiḥah in the last two Rak'ahs of 'Aṣr. He appended no other Surah to it. Although, in the last two Rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer, it is implied that he recited some other Surah also along with Surah Al-Fatīḥah.
