Abu Ma'mar narrates: We asked Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him): Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recite (Qur'an) in the Zuhr and Asr prayers? He replied: Yes. We asked: How did you come to know this? He replied: Because of the movement of the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) beard.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah At-Tariq and Surah Al-Buruj in the Zuhr and Asr prayers.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We used to estimate the standing (qiyam) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in prayer. In the Zuhr prayer, in the first two rak'ahs, he would recite in each rak'ah an amount equal to thirty verses, and in each rak'ah he would recite as much as Surah Alif Lam Mim Tanzil As-Sajdah. And in the last two rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer, he would recite half of that. We estimated his recitation in the first two rak'ahs of the Asr prayer, and it was equal to the last two rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer. And we estimated his standing in the last two rak'ahs of the Asr prayer, and it was half of what he would stand in the first two rak'ahs of Asr.

Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrates from his father that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Fatihah and another Surah in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and Asr prayers. Sometimes he would let us hear a verse (i.e., he would recite aloud), and in the last two rak'ahs, he would recite only Surah Al-Fatihah.

Abu Ma'mar narrates: We asked Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him), how did you people estimate the recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in the Zuhr and Asr prayers? He replied: Because of the movement of his (peace be upon him) beard. The narrator named Abu Ma'mar's name is Abdullah bin Sukhayrah.

Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrates from his father: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Fatihah and along with it two other surahs (i.e., in each rak'ah, another surah) in the first two rak'ahs of the Zuhr and Asr prayers. And sometimes he (peace be upon him) would recite a verse aloud so that we could hear it. He (peace be upon him) used to make the first rak'ah of the Zuhr prayer lengthy.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyidah Umm Fadl bint Harith heard him reciting Surah Mursalat. She said: O Abdullah! Your recitation of this Surah has reminded me that I heard the last recitation from the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) of this very Surah; he recited it in the Maghrib prayer.

Muhammad bin Jubair narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut'im, may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting Surah At-Tur in the Maghrib prayer.

Muhammad bin Jubair narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut'im): I came regarding the ransom of the people of Badr. I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at that time; he was leading the people in the Maghrib prayer, and he was reciting Surah At-Tur.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was leading those people in the Maghrib prayer, and he recited this verse: "Those who disbelieved and hindered (others) from the way of Allah" (that is, he recited Surah Muhammad).