Zaid bin Thabit said: "Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?" I said: "O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?" He said: "Al-A'raf."
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 990 In-book : Book 11, Hadith 115 English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 991
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