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308. Umm Al-Faḍl narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ came out to us with his head bandaged from his illness. He prayed Maghrib, reciting (Sūrat) Al-Mursalāt." [She said:] "He did not pray it again until he met Allāh the Mighty and Sublime." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from Jubair bin Muṭ'im, Ibn 'Umar, Abū Ayyūb, and Zaid bin Thābit.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Ḥadīth of Umm Al-Faḍl is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth.
And it has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would recite (Sūrat) Al-A'rāf in the (first) two Rak'ah of Maghrib.
It has also been reported that the Prophet ﷺ recited (Sūrat) Aṭ-Ṭūr in Maghrib.
And it has been reported that 'Umar wrote to Abū Mūsā to recite from the short Muṣaṣṣal (Sūrah) for Maghrib.
It has been reported that Abū Bakr [Aṣ-Ṣiddīq] would recite from the short Muṣaṣṣal (Sūrah) for Maghrib.
He said: This is what is acted upon according to the people of knowledge and it is the saying of Ibn Al-Mubārak, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.
Ash-Shāfi'i said: "It has been mentioned that Mālik considered it
undesirable that a person should recite long Sūrah like At-Tūr and Al-Mursalāt for the Maghrib prayer.” Ash-Shāfi‘ī said: “That is not disliked, rather it is recommended to recite these Sūrah in [the Maghrib prayer].
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Commentary
When the illness of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ, which caused his death, turned extremely severe; it was Thursday, he ﷺ offered Maghrib (evening) prayer in his home outside the room and prolonged the recitation, which proves that the long recitation in Maghrib prayer is allowed and it is Sunnah.
