English translation
307. Jābir bin Samurah narrated: "For Zuhr and ʿAṣr, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would recite: By the heavens, holding the Burūj and (By the heavens and At-Tāriq) and similar to them."[2] (Ḥasan) He said: There are narrations on this topic from Khabbāb, Abū Saʿeed, Abū Qatādah, Zaid bin Thābit, and Al-Barā' [bin 'Āzib]. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Jābir bin Samurah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would recite Sūrat As-Sajdah for the Zuhr prayer. It has also been related that he would recite about thirty Āyāt in the first Rak'ah of the Zuhr prayer, and about [fifteen] Āyāt in the second Rak'ah. It has been reported that 'Umar wrote to Abū Mūsā to recite from the middle Muṣaṣṣal (Sūrah) for the Zuhr prayer. Some of the people of knowledge held the view that [recitation during] 'Āsr' was like the recitation for the Maghrib prayer: i.e. one is to recite from the shorter Muṣaṣṣal (Sūrah). It has been reported that Ibrāhīm An-Nakha'ī said that the recitation for the 'Āsr' and Maghrib prayers should be of the same length. And Ibrāhīm said that the recitation for the Zuhr prayer is four times more than the recitation for 'Āsr' prayer.[1]