(134) باب قَدْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ
Marwan b. a-hakkam said:
Zaid b. Thabit asked me: Why do you recite short surahs in the sunset prayer? I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) reciting two long surahs at the sunset prayers. I asked him: which are those two long surahs? He replied: Al-A'raf(surah vii) and al-an'am(surah vi). I ( the narrator Ibn Juraij) asked Ibn Mulaikah (about these surahs): He said on his own accord: Al-ma'idah (surah v.) and al-A'raf(furah vii.) (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 812 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 2, Hadith 422 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 2, Hadith 811 (DE)