Abu Qatada reported it on the authority of his father:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would recite in the first two rak'ahs of the noon and afternoon prayers the opening chapter of the Book and another surah. He would sometimes recite loud enough to make audible to us the verse and would recite in the last two rak'ahs Surat al-Faitiha (only).
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، وَأَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَيُسْمِعُنَا الآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Yazid bin Harunal-Wasit · d. 206 AH
- 3Hmam bin Yahya bin Dinaral-Basra · d. 165 AH
- 4Aban bin Yazid al-Taral-Basra · d. ~ 160 AH
- 5Yahya bin Abi KathirBasra,al-Yamama · d. 132 AH or before
- 6'Abdullah bin Abi Qatada Ibn Rab'iMedina/Kufa · d. 95 AH
- 7Abu Qatada ibn Rab'iMedina/Kufa · d. 54 AH/674 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 4, Hadith 175
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 909 (deprecated numbering scheme)