Hadith 12.1

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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, “We used to estimate how long God’s Messenger stood at the noon and the afternoon prayer, and we estimated that he stood in the first two <i>rak'as</i> as long as it takes to recite <i>A.L.M. Tanzil</i>, i.e. <i>as-Sajda</i>* (A version has, “In every <i>rak'a</i> as long as it takes to recite thirty verses.” We estimated that he stood half that time in the last two <i>rak'as</i>; that he stood in the first two of the afternoon prayer as long as he did in the last two at noon; and in the last two of the afternoon prayer about half that time.” * Al-Qur'an; 32. This <i>sura</i> has thirty verses. Muslim transmitted it.