Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in i'tikaf. He heard people reciting (the Qur'an) aloud, while he was in a tent. He lifted the curtain and said: Beware! Surely each one of you is whispering to his Lord, so let no one harm another, and let no one recite aloud near another in prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bayazi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the people while they were praying and their voices were raised with recitation. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Surely, the one who is praying is whispering to his Lord, so he should pay attention to whom he is whispering, and no one should recite the Qur'an aloud over another.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When the Imam says {غَیْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَیْہِمْ وَلَا الْضَّالِّیْنَ}, then you should say Ameen, because the angels also say Ameen, and the Imam also says Ameen. So, whoever’s saying Ameen coincides with the angels’ saying Ameen, his previous sins will be forgiven.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When the reciter (imam) says Ameen, you should also say Ameen, because whoever’s Ameen coincides with the Ameen of the angels, his previous sins will be forgiven.

And it is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When any one of you says Ameen, the angels in the heavens say Ameen. If his Ameen coincides with their Ameen, his previous sins are forgiven.

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited {وَلَا الضَّالِّیْنَ}, he said Ameen and would prolong his voice with it (Ameen).

And it is also narrated from Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer, and when he recited {غَیْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَیْھِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّیْنَ}, he said Ameen and lowered his voice with it, and placed his right hand over his left hand, and turned to the right and left for salam.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I cannot recite the Qur’an, so command me with something that will suffice me in its place. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Say: Alhamdulillah, Subhanallah, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. (All praise is for Allah, Allah is pure, there is no deity except Allah, Allah is the Greatest, there is no power to avoid sin nor strength to do good except with Allah [‘s help] ). The man recited these words and closed his palm, as he had counted them on his fingers including the thumb, making five. Then he said: O Messenger of Allah! These (words) are for Allah, what is there for myself? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: For yourself, say: Allahumma ighfir li, warhamni, wa ‘afini, wahdini, warzuqni. (O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me well-being, guide me, and provide for me). He recited these (words) and closed his other palm, counting them on his fingers including the thumb, making five. Then the man left, with both his palms closed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him and said: Surely, he has filled both his hands with goodness.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lead us in prayer, and in the first two rak‘ahs of Zuhr and ‘Asr, he would recite Surah Al-Fatihah and two additional surahs, and sometimes he would let us hear a verse. In another narration, it is mentioned: In the latter two rak‘ahs, he would recite only Surah Al-Fatihah, and in the first rak‘ah of Zuhr, he would lengthen the recitation, and in the second, he would shorten it, and he would do the same in the Fajr prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, who says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to recite in each of the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr about thirty verses, and in each of the last two rak'ahs about fifteen verses. And in each of the first two rak'ahs of 'Asr, he would recite about fifteen verses, and in the last two rak'ahs, about half of that.