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abudawud:1323 – al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ Abū Tawbah > Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.

أبو داود:١٣٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

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muslim:767 – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Hushaym > Abū Bakr > Hushaym > Abū Ḥurrah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rak'ahs.

مسلم:٧٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حُرَّةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لِيُصَلِّيَ افْتَتَحَ صَلاَتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

muslim:768 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.

مسلم:٧٦٨ – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلاَتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ahmad:7748 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 768)

أحمد:٧٧٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَسْتَفْتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ahmad:7176 – Muḥammad b. Salamah > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)

أحمد:٧١٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ahmad:9182 – Muʿāwiyah > Zāʾidah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 768)

أحمد:٩١٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ahmad:15180 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir > al-Sulayk

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you comes to Jumu'ah prayer and the Imam is delivering the sermon, let him pray two light rak'ahs."

أحمد:١٥١٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ السُّلَيْكِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَالْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ahmad:24017 – Hushaym > Abū Ḥurrah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 767)

أحمد:٢٤٠١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يُصَلِّي افْتَتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ التَّهَجُّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ أَنَّ يَبْتَدِئَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ibnhibban:2606 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah Biʿasqalān > Yazīd b. Mawhab > Muḥammad b. Salamah al-Ḥarrānī > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)

ابن حبّان:٢٦٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ بِعَسْقَلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»