sometimes, and at other times he would prolong it, and at yet other times he would extend it so much that ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) said: (al-Bukhārī and Muslim) "I prayed with the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) one night, and he remained standing until I thought of something bad." It was said: "And what did you think?" He said: "I thought of sitting down and leaving the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)." Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān said: (Muslim and al-Nasāʾī) "I prayed with the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) one night, and he began with Sūrat al-Baqarah. I thought he would bow at one hundred [verses], but he continued. I thought he would pray with it in [two rakʿahs], but he continued. I thought he would bow with it, then he began Sūrat al-Nisāʾ and recited it, then he began Sūrat Āl ʿImrān and recited it. He recited slowly; when he passed by a verse of glorification, he glorified; when he passed by a verse of supplication, he supplicated; and when he passed by a verse of seeking refuge, he sought refuge. Then he bowed..." The ḥadīth (authenticated by al-Ḥākim and agreed upon by al-Dhahabī) and (he recited one night while he was ill the seven long ones) (authentic) and (sometimes he would recite in each rakʿah a sūrah from them) (Muslim and Abū Dāwūd). and (it is not known that he recited the entire Qurʾān in one night [ever]), rather he did not approve of this for ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) when he said to him: