- Witr Prayer
He ﷺ would recite in the first rakʿah, “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” (87:19); in the second, “Say: O you who disbelieve” (109:6); and in the third, “Say: He is Allah, One” (112:4). At times he would add, “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak” (113:5) and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind” (114:6). On one occasion he recited a hundred verses from Sūrah al-Nisāʾ (4:167) in the single rakʿah of Witr. ⦗539–543⦘
Recitation in the two rakʿahs after Witr
In the two units that follow Witr he used to recite, “When the earth is shaken with its quake” (99:8) and “Say: O you who disbelieve” (109:6). ⦗544⦘
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Friday Prayer
At times, in the first rakʿah, he ﷺ would recite Sūrah al-Jumuʿah (62:11) and in the second, “When the hypocrites come to you” (63:11); on other occasions he replaced the latter with “Has there come to you the story of the Overwhelming?” (88:26). Sometimes he recited in the first, “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” (87:19), and in the second, “Has there come to you …?” (88:26). ⦗545–549⦘ -
The ʿĪd Prayers
He ﷺ would occasionally recite in the first rakʿah, “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” (87:19), and in the second, “Has there come to you …?” (88:26). At other times he recited in both rakʿahs, “Qāf. By the Glorious Qur’an” (50:45) and “The Hour has drawn near” (54:55). ⦗550–552⦘ -
Funeral Prayer
The sunnah is to recite al-Fātiḥah [and another surah] in it, and to lower the voice slightly after the first takbīrah. ⦗553–561⦘
Tartīl and Beautifying the Recitation
In obedience to Allah’s command, he ﷺ would recite the Qur’an with tartīl—neither hasty nor abrupt, but in a measured manner, clarifying every letter—so that he might prolong a surah until it became longer than one that is actually longer than it. He used to say, “It will be said to the companion of the Qur’an, ‘Recite and ascend, and recite with tartīl as you used to recite in the world, for—”