Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: If anyone observes a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Quran, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, and deficient. (The narrator said) I said: Abu Hurairah, sometime I pray behind the imam (then what should I do)? Pressing my hand he replied: O Persian, recite it inwardly, for I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying that Allah, Most High, has said: I have Me and the Half for my servant and My servant will receive what he asks. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Recite. When the servant says:“praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, ”Allah, Most High says:“My servant has praised me. ”When the servant says:“ The Compassionate, the merciful,“Allah Most High says:“My servant has lauded me. ”When the servant says:“Owner of the Day of Judgment, ”Allah, Most High, says:“My servant has glorified Me”When the servant says:“ Thee do we worship and of thee we ask help.“ (Allah says)“This is between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ”When the servant says:“ Guide us to the Straight Path, the path of those whom thou hast favoured, not (the path) of those who earn thine anger nor of those who go astray, ”(Allah says:)“This is for My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ”

Ubadah bin al-Samit reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: the prayer is not valid I one does not recite fatihat al-kitab and something more, sufyan (the narrator) said: This applies to a man who prays alone.

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: We were behind the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at the dawn prayer, and he recited (the passage), but the recitation became difficult for him. Then when he finished, he said: Perhaps you recite behind your imam? We replied: Yes, it is so, Messenger of Allah. He said: Do not do so except when it is Fatihat al-Kitab, for he who does not recite it is not credited with having prayed.

Nafib. Mahmudb. Al-Rabi Al-Ansari said:“Ubadah bin al-Samit came to late to lead the morning prayer. Abu Nuaim, the Muadhdhin, pronounced the takbir and he led the people in prayer. Then Ubadah came and I was with him. We Joined the row behind Abu Nuaim, while Abu Nuaim was reciting the Quran loudly. Then Ubadah began to recite the Umm al-Quran (I. e Surah al Fatihah). When he finished, I said to Ubadah: I heard you reciting the Umm al-Quran while Abu Nuaim was reciting Quran loudly. He replied: yes> The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led us in a certain prayer in which the Quran is recited loudly, but he became confused in the recitation. When he finished he turned his face to us and said: Do you recite when I recite the Quran loudly? Some of us said: we do so; this is why I said to myself: What is that which confused me (in the recitation of) the Quran. Do not recite anything from the Quran when I recite it loudly except the Umm al-Quran.

The above mentioned tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Ubadah bin al-Samit like the version of al-Rabib Sulaiman. This version adds: Makhul used to recite Surah al Fatihah al-kitab quietly in the prayer in which the imam recites the Quran loudly when he observes the period of silence. If he does not observe the period of silence, recite it before him (i. e before his recitation), or along with him or after him; do not give it up in any case.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم finished a prayer in which he had recited (the Quran) loudly, he asked: Did any of you recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me that I have been contended with reciting the Quran. He said: When the people heard that from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم they ceased reciting (the Quran) along with him at the prayers in which he recited aloud. Abu Dawud said: This tradition reported by Ibn Ukaimah has also been narrated by Mamar, Yunus, and Usamah bin Zaid on the authority of al-Zuhri similar to the tradition of Malik.

Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led us in prayer, that was, we think, the dawn prayer, He further narrated this tradition up to the words“what is the matter with me that I have been contended with in (the recitation of) the Quran. ”Abu Dawud said: Musaddad in his tradition said that Mamar said: The people ceased to recit (the Quran) at the prayer in which the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم recited aloud. Ibn al-Sarh said in his version that Mamar reported from al-Zuhrl on the authority of Ab Hurairah. Then the people ceased (to recite behind the imam). Another version says: Sufyan said: Al-Zuhrl spoke a word that I could not hear. Then Mamar said; He said: Then people ceased (to recite the Quran) Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Abd al-Raman bin Ishaq on the authority of al-Zuhrl. This version ends at the words:“What is the matter with me that I am contended with in (the recitation of) the Quran. Al-Awza’ I also narrated it on the authority of al-Zuhri. This version has: Al-Zuhrl said: The Muslims took lesson from that and thenceforth they did not recite (the Quran) at the prayer in which he (the Prophet) recited a loud. Abu Dawud said: I heard Muhammad bin Yaya bin Faris say: The words“ the people ceased to recite (the Quran)”is a statement of al-zuhri.

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led (us) in the noon prayer, and a man came and recited behind him "Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High" (Surah 87). When he finished (the prayer), he said: Which of you recited? They (the people) said: A man (recited). He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it (in the recitation of the Quran). Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Walid said in his version: Shubah said: I asked Qatadah: Did Saeed not say: Listen attentively to the Quran? He replied: (Yes), but that applies to prayer in which it (the Quran) is recited aloud. Ibn Kathir said in his version: I said to Qatadah: Perhaps he (the Prophet) disliked it (recitation). He said: If he had disliked it, he would have prohibited it.

Imran bin Husain reported that the prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led them in the noon prayer. When he finished it, he said: Which of you did recite the surah“ Glorify the name of thy lord, the Most High”(Surah lxxxvii.) A man said: I. He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it (i. e in the recitation of the Quran).

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came to us while we were reciting the Quran, and there were among us bedouins and the non-Arabs. He said: Recite, all is well. In the near future there will appear people who will straighten it (the Quran) as an arrow is straightened. They will recite it quickly and not slowly (or it means that they will get the reward in this world and not in the Hereafter).