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ahmad:1258 – Abū Nuʿaym > Misʿar > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim > ʿAlī

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ prayed four [rakʿahs] before Zuhr.  

أحمد:١٢٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:426 – ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿUbaydullāh al-ʿAtakī al-Marwazī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

"When the Prophet (S) would not perform the four Rak'ah before Az-Zuhr he would pray them after it."  

الترمذي:٤٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَتَكِيُّ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا لَمْ يُصَلِّ أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ صَلاَّهُنَّ بَعْدَهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ نَحْوَ هَذَا وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَاهُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ غَيْرَ قَيْسِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوُ هَذَا
tabarani:408 – Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Zibraqān > Zuhrah > Usāmah

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ prayed four [rakʿahs] before Zuhr. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1258)   

الطبراني:٤٠٨ – وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ زِبْرَقَانَ عَنْ زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَجِيرِ»  

nasai-kubra:333 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Abū al-Maḍāʾ > Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Hushaym > Ḥuṣayn > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ prayed four [rakʿahs] before Zuhr. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1258)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَضَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا»