Hadithcore
Sunan an-Nasa'i, 990
sahih· Darussalam

Marwan bin Al-Hakam narrated that:

Zaid bin Thabit said: "Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?" I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?" He said: "Al-A'raf."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا أَطْوَلُ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ الأَعْرَافُ ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Muhammad bin 'Abdul A'laSana',al-Basra · d. 245 AH
  2. 2Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahanal-Wasit · d. 182 AH
  3. 3Ibn JurayjRome,Makkah · d. 150 AH or after
  4. 4'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah b. Abi MulaykaMedina,Makkah · d. 117 AH
  5. 5'Urwa ibn al-ZubayrMedina · d. 93 AH/713 CE
  6. 6Marwan bin al-Hakam bin Abi al-'AsMakkah/Medinah · d. 65 AH/685 CE
  7. 7Zayd ibn ThabitMedina · d. 42-55 AH/662-74 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 11, Hadith 115
English Reference
Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 991
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