Abu Yusuf and Muhammad set the minimum at three short verses or a single long verse of comparable extent. Their disagreement with Abu Hanifa concerns the legal threshold for the bare act of recitation, not whether the prayer requires Quran recitation.
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Abu Yusuf and Muhammad: Three Short or One Long Verse
Prayer Recitation: Surah Selection, Minimum Amount and Following the Imam
Abu Yusuf and Muhammad set the minimum at three short verses or a single long verse of comparable extent. Their disagreement with Abu Hanifa concerns the legal threshold for the bare act of recitation, not whether the prayer requires Quran recitation.