Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26409

Abu Musa narrated to us, Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna narrated to us, Abdul-Ala narrated to us, on the authority of Saeed, on the authority of Qatada, on the authority of Al-Hasan, on the authority of Samurah, he said two silences. I preserved them from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. Imran bin Husayn denied that and said, “We preserved them silently.” So we wrote to Ubayy bin Ka’b. In Medina, my father wrote that he had memorized Samurah. Sa’id said, “So we said to Qatada, ‘What are these two pauses?’ He said, ‘When he entered into his prayer, and when He finished reading. Then he said after that, when he was reading: (And not those who go astray.) He said, and he liked it when he finished reading. That He remains silent until his heart comes to him. He said, and on the authority of Abu Hurairah. Abu Issa said: The hadith of Samurah is a hasan hadith. And it is a saying. There is not one of the scholars who deem it desirable for the imam to be silent after he begins the prayer and after finishing the recitation. And this is what he says. Ahmed, Ishaq, and our friends.