806 — ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, my father narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Simāk, who heard Jābir ibn Samurah say: When the sun declined, the Messenger of Allah — peace and blessings be upon him — prayed the noon prayer, reciting something like {By the night when it covers}, and the afternoon prayer likewise, and the prayers likewise, except for the morning prayer, which he would lengthen. (1)

807 — Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā narrated to us, Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān, Yazīd ibn Hārūn, and Hushaym narrated to us, from Sulaymān al-Taymī, from Umayyah, from Abū Mijlaz

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Also recorded by al-Tirmidhī (307) and al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1053) via Ḥammād ibn Salamah, with this chain. Al-Tirmidhī said: a ḥasan ḥadīth. It is in Musnad Aḥmad (20982) and Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (1827). See also what follows.

(1) Ṣaḥīḥ bi-ghayrihī; this chain is ḥasan because of Simāk, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Muʿādh is Ibn Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī. The first part of it (that he prayed the noon prayer when the sun declined) is recorded by Muslim (618) and Ibn Mājah (673) via Shuʿbah, with this chain. It is in Musnad Aḥmad (21016). See also what preceded under no. 403. The second part of it is recorded by Muslim (459) and (460), and al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1054) via Shuʿbah, from him. It is in Musnad Aḥmad (20808). Muslim (458) recorded via two routes from Simāk ibn Ḥarb, from Jābir ibn Samurah: that the Prophet — peace and blessings be upon him — used to recite in the dawn prayer {Qāf. By the Glorious Qurʾān} and similar, and his prayer thereafter was lightened. It is in Musnad Aḥmad (20843) and Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (1816). For the recitation in the noon prayer to the extent of Sūrat al-Layl and similar, there is a supporting witness from the ḥadīth of Anas: that he led them in the noon prayer, and when he finished he said: I prayed the noon prayer with the Messenger of Allah — peace and blessings be upon him — and he recited for us these two sūrahs in the two rakʿahs: {Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High} and {Has there come to you the narration of the Overwhelming?} Recorded by al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1046), and Ibn Ḥibbān declared it ṣaḥīḥ (1824), with the wording: that they used to hear from him in the noon prayer the recitation of {Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High} and {Has there come to you the narration of the Overwhelming?} For the recitation in the dawn prayer of (Qāf), there is a supporting witness from the ḥadīth of Qutbah ibn Mālik, recorded by Muslim (457).