It is established (2) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited in the Maghrib prayer {Al-Mursalat} [The Emissaries 77], and he recited in it {By the fig and the olive} [Al-Tin 95] (3). From Jubayr ibn Mut'im, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) reciting in the Maghrib prayer {Al-Tur} [The Mount 52]. [This is] agreed upon (4). And he recited in it {Al-A'raf} [The Heights 7], narrated by Zayd ibn Thabit. Abu Dawud (5) recorded it. From a man from Juhaynah, that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) reciting in the dawn prayer {When the earth is shaken} [Al-Zalzalah 99] in both rak'ahs, and I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forgot, or if he recited that intentionally. Narrated (6) by Abu Dawud (7). From him (8), that he recited in the dawn prayer with the two surahs of seeking refuge [Al-Mu'awwidhatayn]. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would sometimes lengthen [the recitation] and other times shorten it, according to the circumstances. [And it was narrated from him] (9) that he said, peace be upon him: "I indeed
(2) In M: "so I said". (3) Recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on the Prophet's illness and his death, from the Book of Military Expeditions. Sahih Al-Bukhari 6/11. And Al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on recitation in the Maghrib prayer with {Al-Mursalat}, from the Book of Opening Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/130, 131. And Al-Darimi, in: Chapter on the amount of recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Al-Darimi 1/296. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/340. (4) Recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on reciting aloud in the Maghrib prayer, from the Book of Adhan; and in: Chapter on ransoming the polytheists, from the Book of Jihad; and in: Chapter on "Al-Humaydi narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us", from the Book of Tafsir (Interpretation of Surah Al-Tur). Sahih Al-Bukhari 1/194, 4/84, 6/175. And Muslim, in: Chapter on recitation in the dawn prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/338. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on the amount of recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/186. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/104. And Al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on recitation in the Maghrib prayer with {Al-Tur}, from the Book of Opening Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/131. And Al-Darimi, in: Chapter on the amount of recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Al-Darimi 1/296. And Imam Malik, in: Chapter on recitation in the Maghrib and Isha prayers, from the Book of Prayer. Al-Muwatta 1/78. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/80, 84, 85. (5) In: Chapter on the amount of recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/187. And recorded by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/418. And see: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding recitation in the Maghrib prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/104. (6) In the original: "narrated both of them". (7) In the previous chapter. (8) In: Chapter on the two surahs of seeking refuge, from the Book of Witr. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/337. It was also recorded by Al-Nasa'i, in: Book of Seeking Refuge. Al-Mujtaba 8/221. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/144, 150. (9) In M: "And we have narrated".
