Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 76
CHAPTER 4 A perfect servant of the Almighty God who discharged his obligations 76 length of time as Qiy a m. In Sajdah he did Tasb ih and prayed. Then he stood up and recited A l-e-‘Imr a n and afterwards in every Rak‘ a t he recited one S u rah. 29 Hadrat H udhaifah bin Yamm a n ra ( H u du r sa 's confident) relates that one night in Rama da n he offered S al a t with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. When H u du r sa started S al a t he recited ّٰ ُِ اَﻟﻠ ِاَکْربَْذُوْاملَﻠَکُﻮْت ِْوَاجلَْربُْوْت َوَاﻟْکِرب ِ ﻳ َﺎء ِ وَاﻟﻌَﻈْﻤ ﺔ Meaning, "All a h is Great. He has the authority, His is the Majesty and grandeur and His is all the greatness. " Then he recited the whole of S u rah Al-Baqarah and performed Ruk u ‘ which was as long as Qiy a m. In between the two Sajdah ' s he recited ِّ ِْرَب ِّاﻏﻔِﺮْىل ِْرَب اﻏﻔِﺮْىل Meaning, "My Lord forgive me, my Lord forgive me. " He sat the same length of time as the duration of Sajdah. In other Rak‘ a ts he recited S u rah A l-e- ‘Imr a n , An-Nis a ’ , Al-M a ’idah and Al-An‘ a m. All of these are long S u rahs. 30 Ummul-Mu’min i n Hadrat Saudah ra was very unassuming and of a pious nature. She decided to offer S al a t with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. One night when it was her turn for H u du r's stay, she joined him. How long she was able to continue with H u du r is not known. During the day, she commented on the length of H u du r's S al a t and said, "O Prophet of All a h, you were in Ruk u ‘ for such a long time that I felt I would suffer a nose bleed due to bending for