Maghrib prayer. He split it into two parts. Narrated by al-Nasa'i (17).
Section: There is no harm in combining surahs in the supererogatory (nafilah) prayer; for the Prophet (peace be upon him) recited in one rak'ah Surat al-Baqarah, Al-Imran, and al-Nisa' (18). Ibn Mas'ud said: I have certainly known the pairs that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to join together. He then mentioned twenty surahs from the Mufassal, two surahs in one rak'ah. This is agreed upon (19). Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, used to complete the entire Quran in one rak'ah, and this has been narrated from a group of the Successors (Tabi'in). As for the obligatory prayer, it is recommended to restrict oneself to a surah along with the Fatihah, without adding more to it; because the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray most of his prayers this way, and he commanded Mu'adh to recite in his prayer in the same manner (20). If one joins two surahs in one rak'ah, there are two narrations: The first is that it is disliked for that reason, and the second is that it is not disliked, because the hadith of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud is absolute regarding prayer, and it is possible that he intended
= [also] extracted by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Praying in Sandals, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud, 1/151. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Reciting Part of a Surah, from the Book of the Opening of Prayer. Al-Mujtaba, 2/137. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Recitation in the Morning Prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah, 1/269. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad, 3/411. (17) In: The Chapter on Recitation in Maghrib of [Surat] Sad, from the Book of the Opening of Prayer. Al-Mujtaba, 2/132. (18) This is mentioned in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who said: I prayed one night with the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he began [reciting] al-Baqarah, so I said: He will bow at the hundredth verse. But he continued, so I said: He will recite it in one rak'ah. But he continued, so I said: He will bow with it. Then he began [reciting] al-Nisa' and recited it, then he began [reciting] Al-Imran and recited it... Extracted by Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Recommendation to Prolong Recitation in the Night Prayer, from the Book of the Travelers' Prayer. Sahih Muslim, 1/536, 537. And from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her: I used to stand with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) during the full night, and he would recite al-Baqarah, Al-Imran, and al-Nisa'. Extracted by al-Bayhaqi, in: The Chapter on Pausing at the Verse of Mercy and the Verse of Punishment, from the Book of Prayer. Al-Sunan al-Kubra, 2/310. Al-Bayhaqi also extracted in the same chapter something similar from Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i, who said: I stood with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he stood and recited Surat al-Baqarah... then he stood and recited Al-Imran, then he recited surah after surah. (19) Extracted by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Combining Two Surahs, from the Book of the Adhan. And in: The Chapter on Arranging the Quran, from the Book of the Virtues of the Quran. Sahih al-Bukhari, 1/197, 6/229. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Reciting the Quran with Tartil... etc., from the Book of the Travelers' Prayer, 1/563-565. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Grouping of the Quran, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud, 1/322, 323. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Reciting Two Surahs in One Rak'ah, from the Book of the Opening of Prayer. Al-Mujtaba, 2/136. And al-Bayhaqi, in: The Chapter on Combining Two Surahs in One Rak'ah, from the Book of Prayer. Al-Sunan al-Kubra, 2/60. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad, 1/380, 417, 427, 436, 455. (20) The verification of the hadith of Mu'adh was previously mentioned on page 165.
