Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَن حُمَيْدٍ عَن الْحَسَنِ عَن سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسْكُتُ سَكْتَتَيْنِ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ الْقِرَاءَةِ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ أَنْ صَدَقَ سَمُرَةُ.
English Translation
Abu Kamil told us, Hammad told us, from Humayd, from al-Hasan, from Samurah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pause twice: when entering the prayer and when finishing the recitation. Imran ibn Husayn denied this, so they wrote to Ubayy ibn Ka'b asking him about it, and he wrote back that Samurah had spoken the truth.