Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lead us in prayer, reciting in the first two rak‘ahs of Zuhr, and sometimes he would let us hear a verse. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would make the first rak‘ah long and the second rak‘ah short. In the Fajr prayer as well, his habit was to make the first rak‘ah long and the second short, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also recite in the first two rak‘ahs of ‘Asr.