Muwatta Malik #253
Prayer in Ramadan
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الأَعْرَجَ، يَقُولُ مَا أَدْرَكْتُ النَّاسَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ يَلْعَنُونَ الْكَفَرَةَ فِي رَمَضَانَ . قَالَ وَكَانَ الْقَارِئُ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَإِذَا قَامَ بِهَا فِي اثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً رَأَى النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ خَفَّفَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that he
heard al-Araj say, "I never saw the people in Ramadan, but that they
were cursing the disbelievers." He added, "The reciter of Qur'an used
to recite surat al-Baqara in eight rakas and if he did it in twelve
rakas the people would think that he had made it easy."
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This hadith is #253 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Prayer in Ramadan.