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ahmad-zuhd:2100ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr al-Asadī > Misʿar > Muḥārib b. Dithār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad

[Machine] "Whoever prays four units after 'Isha (night prayer), will be like those units in the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr). I asked, 'From whom did you hear this?' He replied, 'If you do this, then they will be consistent, otherwise they will be strays.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ الْأَسَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ كُنَّ كَمِثْلِهِنَّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ قُلْتُ مِمَّنْ سَمِعْتَهُ؟ قَالَ إِنْ كُنَّ كَذَا وَإِلَّا فَهُنَّ صَوَالِحُ