وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ اَلْخُدْرِيِّ رضى الله عنه
قَالَ: «كُنَّا نَحْزُرُ قِيَامَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي اَلظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ، فَحَزَرْنَا قِيَامَهُ فِي اَلرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اَلْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ اَلظُّهْرِ قَدْرَ: (الم تَنْزِيلُ) اَلسَّجْدَةِ. وَفِي اَلْأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَدْرَ اَلنِّصْفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. وَفِي اَلْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ اَلْعَصْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ اَلْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنْ اَلظُّهْرِ، وَالْأُخْرَيَيْنِ مِنْ اَلظُّهْرِ» رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ. 11 صحيح
We used to estimate the length of the standing position of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in the Zuhr and Asr prayers, and we estimated that he stood in the first two Raka of the Zuhr prayer as long as it takes to recite Alif-Lam-Mim, Tanzil (Surat As-Sajdah) and in the last two Raka, half the time of that.
And in the first two Raka of Asr, he used to stand as long as the last two of the Zuhr. And the last two Raka of Asr used to be of about half the time of the first two. [Reported by Muslim).