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251. Al-Ḥasan narrated that Samurah said: "There are two pauses that I preserved from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ." But 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain rejected that and said: "We preserved one pause." So we[1] wrote to Ubayy bin Ka'b in Al-Madinah. Ubayy wrote that Samurah was correct. Sa'eed said: "We said to Qatādah: 'What are these two pauses?' He said: 'When he entered into his Ṣalāt, and when he finished his recitation.' Then he (Qatādah) said after that: 'And when he recited: (Nor those who went astray.)'[2] And he said: 'He liked to pause when he finished the recitation until he caught his breath.'" (Ḥasan)
He said: There is a narration on this topic from Abū Hurairah.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Samurah is a Ḥasan Hadīth.
It is the opinion of more than one of the people of knowledge, that it is recommended for the Imām to
be silent after he commences the Ṣalāt, and after finishing the recitation. This is the opinion of Aḥmad, Iṣhāq and our companions.
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Footnotes
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[1] The speaker here is Samurah, see Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
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[2] Al-Fātiḥah 1:7.
Commentary
Making a silent pause for reading the opening supplication before Al-Fātiḥah is desirable according to the consensus; only a narration of one Imām contradicts it. The second silence is after Sūrat Al-Fātiḥah to say Āmīn; and the third silence is after the recitation before going to Rukū' to let the breath settle; and this is a very brief silent pause.
