2/136. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 797 — Recitation in Every Prayer
Recitation In Zuhr
Recitation in Every Prayer: Loud and Quiet Salah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 797
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 797
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَعُمَارَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، وَحَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ فِي كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ يُقْرَأُ فَمَا أَسْمَعَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَسْمَعْنَاكُمْ وَمَا أَخْفَى عَلَيْنَا أَخْفَيْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 797In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 407English translation : Book 2, Hadith 796
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 797
This hadith focuses on Qur'an recitation in salah. Abu Hurairah said that in every prayer there is recitation. He then explained that what the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم made them hear, they made others hear, and what he kept hidden from them, they also kept hidden. The hadith points to both audible and quiet recitation in prayer. It does not list every prayer by name in this wording, but it gives a clear principle: recitation exists in every prayer, while the loudness may differ. For anyone searching for recitation in every prayer hadith, this narration is direct and practical. It also shows that Abu Hurairah followed the pattern he learned from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
What we learn from this hadith
- Every prayer includes recitation.
- Some recitation was made audible to the people.
- Some recitation was kept hidden or quiet.
- Abu Hurairah followed what he learned from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
