Hadith #363

Arabic Text

English Translation

Al-Hakam ibn Nafi' narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Abd al-'Aziz narrated to us, from 'Atiyyah ibn Qays, from Qaza'ah ibn Yahya, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Dhuhr prayer — in the first two rak'ahs — in each rak'ah approximately thirty ayahs, and in the last two approximately fifteen ayahs. And in 'Asr, in the first two rak'ahs approximately fifteen ayahs each, and in the last two approximately half of that.