"Allah hears those who praise Him; our Lord, and to You be the praise." Then he stood and recited a long recitation, which was shorter than the first recitation. Then he pronounced the takbir and bowed a long bowing, which was shorter than the first bowing. Then he said, "Allah hears those who praise Him; our Lord, and to You be the praise." Then he prostrated, and then he did the same in the other rak'ah (16), until he had completed four rak'ahs and four prostrations, and the sun became bright before he turned away. A similar account is reported from Ibn Abbas, which includes that he stood for a long duration in the first, approximately the length of Surat al-Baqarah. Both reports are agreed upon (17). Because it is a prayer for which congregational gathering is legislated, it differs from other supererogatory prayers, like the prayers for the two 'Eids and the prayer for rain. As for their hadiths, they are abandoned and not acted upon, by our consensus, for they said: "He prays two rak'ahs." The hadith of al-Nu'man (18) contains the statement that he prays two rak'ahs and then two rak'ahs until the sun becomes bright, and the hadith of Qabisah (19) contains the statement that he prays like the most recent prayer you have performed. One of the two hadiths contradicts the other. Furthermore, the hadith of Qabisah is mursal (a narration where the Tabi'i skips the Companion). It is also possible that he prayed two rak'ahs, with two bowings in each rak'ah. Even if one were to assume a contradiction, taking our hadiths is more appropriate due to their authenticity, their fame, the consensus of the Imams on their authenticity and the practice upon them, and because they contain an addition, and an addition from a reliable narrator is acceptable. Furthermore, it is a departure from the norm; it has been narrated from 'Urwah that it was said to him, "Your brother prayed two rak'ahs." He replied, "He missed the sunnah" (20).