What to Recite in Maghrib Prayer? (Ahadith 730-732)

Salam,
Bismillah.

Volume 1, Book 12, Number 730:

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:

(My mother) Ummul-Fadl heard me reciting “Wal Mursalati `Urfan” (Surah 77) and said, “O my son! By Allah, your recitation made me remember that it was the last Surah I heard from Allah’s Apostle. He recited it in the Maghrib prayer. “

 Volume 1, Book 12, Number 731:

Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam:

Zaid bin Thabit said to me, “Why do you recite very short Surahs in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet reciting the longer of the two long Surahs?”

Volume 1, Book 12, Number 732:

Narrated Jubair bin Mut’im:

My father said, “I heard Allah’s Apostle reciting “At-Tur” (Surah 52) in the Maghrib prayer.”

• Recite relatively longer Surahs in Maghrib prayer.
• Surah al-Mursalaat and Surah At-Tur can be recited in Maghrib prayer – because Prophet (SAW) used to do so.
  These Surahs are easy to memorize as well. They have a certain ‘rhythm’, if I may say.

Wassalam.

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