The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the noon and afternoon prayers Surah al-Buruj, Surah at-Tariq, and similar surahs.
حدثنا أحمد بن منيع حدثنا يزيد بن هارون أخبرنا حماد بن سلمة عن سماك بن حرب
أن رسول الله ﷺ كان يقرأ في الظهر والعصر بالسماء ذات البروج والسماء والطارق وشبههما
[Its chain of transmission is hasan]. Abu Dawud also reported it, Prayer, chapter on the length of recitation in Dhuhr and Asr prayer, no. 805, and Nasai, 2/166, no. 980, from the hadith of Hammad bin Salama with the same wording, and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, no. 465. The hadith has supporting narrations in Tabarani and elsewhere.On this subject there are also narrations from Khabab [Bukhari, no. 760], Abu Saeed [Muslim, no. 452], Abu Qatada [Bukhari, no. 759, and Muslim, no. 451], Zayd bin Thabit [Bayhaqi, 2/93], and Bara bin Azib [Ibn Majah, no. 830, and Nasai, no. 972].The hadith stating that he recited in Dhuhr the length of Sajdah (Tanzil) was reported by Muslim, no. 452.The narration from Umar was reported by Abu Hafs, as mentioned in Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama (1/334, issue 794), though I did not find it.The report from Ibrahim Nakhai was narrated by Ibn Abu Shayba (1/