"When he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) got up for the second rak'ah, he would
commence with All Praise be to Allaah (Faatihah 1:1), without pausing."170
He would perform this rak'ah exactly as he performed the first, except that he would
make it shorter than the first, as before.
He ordered "the one who prayed badly" to recite al-Faatihah in every rak'ah, when
he said to him after ordering him to recite it in the first rak'ah171,
then do that throughout your prayer172 (in
one narration: in every rak'ah).173 He also
used to say, There is recitation in every rak'ah.174
Footnotes
170 Muslim & Abu `Awaanah. The pause negated in this
hadeeth could be a pause for reciting an opening supplication, and not include a
pause for reciting the isti`aadhah, or it could be wider in meaning than
that; I find the former possibility more convincing. There are two views among the
scholars regarding the isti`aadhah, and we regard the correct one as being that
it is to be said in every rak`ah; the details of all this are given in al-Asl.
171 Abu Daawood & Ahmad with a strong sanad.
172 Bukhaari & Muslim.
173 Ahmad with a good isnaad.
174 Ibn Maajah, Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh & Ahmad
in Ibn Haani's Masaa'il (1/52). Jaabir bin `Abdullaah (radi Allaahu `anhu)
said, "He who prays a rak`ah in which he does not recite the Mother of the Qur'aan
has not prayed, except behind an imaam" - related by Maalik in Muwatta'.
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