Isrā’īl (The Children of Israel) (1), and similar surahs. Had his practice of lengthening the prayer been abrogated, this would not have escaped his caliphs while becoming known to those who “peck” through their prayers.

As for the hadith narrated by Muslim in his Sahīh (2), from Jābir ibn Samurah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) “used to recite ‘Qāf (3). By the glorious Quran’ in Fajr, and his prayers afterwards were shorter,” the word “afterwards” means after Fajr. That is, his recitation in Fajr was longer than in other prayers, while his subsequent prayers were shorter. This is supported by the statement of Umm al-Fadl, who heard Ibn ‘Abbās reciting al-Mursalāt (Those Sent Forth) and said: “My son, your recitation of this surah has reminded me (4): it was the last surah I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite in Maghrib” (5). Thus, this occurred toward the end of his life.

Furthermore, in the phrase “His prayers afterwards,” the word “afterwards” marks a temporal limit whose genitive complement has been omitted. It is therefore impermissible to supply an unstated complement unsupported by the context while disregarding (6) the complement that the context requires. The context indicates only that his prayers after Fajr were (7) shorter; it does not imply that