Musnad Ahmad 3607

Translation

✧ A man from Banu Bajilah called Nahik b. Sinan came to 'Abdullah and said: 'O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, how do you recite this verse - with a ya' or an alif: "from water other than asin"?' 'Abdullah said to him: 'Have you enumerated all of the Quran except this?' He said: 'I recite the mufassal in one rak'ah.' 'Abdullah said: 'This is hasty recitation like the hasty recitation of poetry. Indeed, among the best of prayer are bowing and prostration. There will surely be people who recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their collarbones. However, when it is recited and becomes firmly rooted in the heart, it benefits. I know the pairs of surahs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite - two surahs in one rak'ah.' Then he stood and entered, and 'Alqamah came and entered upon him. We said to him: 'Ask him for us about the pairs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite - two surahs in one rak'ah.' He entered and asked him, then came out to us and said: 'Twenty surahs from the beginning of the mufassal in the arrangement of 'Abdullah.'

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