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ahmad:2130Yazīd > Ṣāliḥ b. Rustum Abū ʿĀmir > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The morning prayer was established and a man stood up to perform the two units of prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled his garment and said, "Are you praying the morning prayer as four units?"  

أحمد:٢١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ رُسْتُمَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتْ صَلاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَجَذَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟  


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muslim:711bQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Ibn Buḥaynah

The dawn prayer had commenced when the Messen- ger of Allah ﷺ saw a person observing prayer, whereas the Mu'adhdhin had pronounced the Iqama. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Do you say four (rak'ahs) of Fard in the dawn prayer?  

مسلم:٧١١bحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتْ صَلاَةُ الصُّبْحِ فَرَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي وَالْمُؤَذِّنُ يُقِيمُ فَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا  

nasai:867Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Ibn Buḥaynah

"The Iqamah for Subh prayer was said, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man praying while the Mu'adhdhin saying the Iqamah. He said: 'Are you praying Subh with four Rak'ahs?"'  

النسائي:٨٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتْ صَلاَةُ الصُّبْحِ فَرَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي وَالْمُؤَذِّنُ يُقِيمُ فَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا  

ahmad:22921Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik Ibn Buḥaynah

[Machine] The Prophet, ﷺ , saw a man praying two units of Fajr prayer after the congregational prayer had been established. When the man completed his prayer and nobody joined him, the Prophet, ﷺ , asked, "Is Fajr prayer four units?  

أحمد:٢٢٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ لَاثَ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصُّبْحُ أَرْبَعًا؟  

darimi:1490Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar > Ibn Buḥaynah

[Machine] The translation is: The prayer was established, and the Prophet ﷺ saw a man praying two units of prayer. When the Prophet ﷺ finished his prayer, the people approached him and said: "Do you pray four units for the Fajr prayer?"  

الدارمي:١٤٩٠حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَرَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ لَاثَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟»  

hakim:1154Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá b. Ibrāhīm > Aḥmad b. Najdah al-Qurashī > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Wakīʿ > Ṣāliḥ b. Rustum > Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd al-Marwazī > Abū ʿAmmār > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Abū ʿĀmir al-Khazzāz > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The prayer was established, so I stood up to perform the two units of prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ attracted my attention and said, "Do you pray Fajr as four units?"  

الحاكم:١١٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا وَكِيعٌ ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ رُسْتُمٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ ثنا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ الْخَزَّازِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَجَذَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَرْءُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الْغَدَاةِ

ibnhibban:2469ʿAlī b. Ḥamdūn b. Hishām > Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Abū ʿĀmir al-Khazzāz > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Fajr prayer was established, so I stood up to pray the two Rak'ahs. The Prophet ﷺ took my hand and said, "Do you want to pray Fajr as four Rak'ahs?"  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْدُونَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْخَزَّازُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَقُمْتُ لِأُصَلِّيَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا! »