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Reciting "Alif-Lām-Mīm-Ṣād"[2] In Maghrib

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Darussalam · Volume 2

11. The Book Of TheCommencement Of ThePrayer

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الحديث: 990 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 170

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991. Marwân bin Al-Hakam narrated that Zaid bin Thâbit said: "Why do I see you reciting short Sûrahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ reciting the longer of the two long Sūrahs in it?" I said: "O Abū 'Abdullāh, what is the longer of the two long Sūrahs?" He said: "Al-A'rāf." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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990 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ؟ «وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ». قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا أَطْوَلُ الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: «الْأَعْرَافُ»

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Footnotes

  1. 1

    [1] Ad-Dukhân 44.

  2. 2

    [2] Al-A'râf 7.

  3. 3

    [3] Al-Ikhlas 112.

  4. 4

    [4] Al-Kawthar 108.

  5. 5

    [5] Al-A'râf 7.

Commentary

Marwān bin Hakam was at that time the governor of Madinah; he became the commander of the Faithful later. It appears he was in the habit of reciting small Surahs as is narrated in Hadīth 990. The small Mufassal Surahs consist of Surahs which are twofold or threefold longer than them. They should also be recited.