Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 134
CHAPTER 7 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Deep Love for the Holy Quran 134 silence. The tears were flowing from his eyes and falling on his beard. The people from Kindah tribe were amazed to see this and said, "So you cry out of fear of the One Who has sent you? " H u du r sa replied, "Yes, His fear makes me cry. The One Who commissioned me on " S ir at - e-Mustaq i m" (the absolutely straight path). I have to follow it perfectly straight. It is like the edge of the sword and if I deflect a tiny bit, I will be destroyed. " 24 Practice of Recitation in S al a t The whole of the Qur’ a n is delightful but the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to recite particular S u rahs in S al a t. He kept their subject matter and suitability in mind. In Z uhr and ‘A s r prayers he would silently recite various S u rahs after S u rah Al-F a ti h ah. In Fajr, Maghrib and ‘Ish a ’ prayers his recitation after Al-F a ti h ah used to be in a loud voice. In Z uhr S al a t the recitation in the first two Rak‘ a ts used to be twice as long as the recitation in the last two Rak‘ a ts. As per narration by Hadrat Ab u Sa‘ i d Khudr i ra the recitation in each of the first two Rak‘ a ts consisted of nearly thirty verses. Hadrat J a bir bin Samurah ra tells us that in Z uhr and ‘A s r S al a t, S u rah Al-Lail used to be recited. This S u rah consists of twenty one small verses. In another tradition the recitation of S u rah Al-A‘l a has also been mentioned. In the Fajr S al a t the recitation used to be relatively longer than