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ahmad:24745Abū Saʿīd > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Qudāmah al-ʿUmarī > ʿĀʾishah b. Saʿd > Um Dharrah > Raʾayt ʿĀʾishah Tuṣallī al-Ḍuḥá

[Machine] "I saw Aisha praying the Dhuha prayer and saying, 'I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying except four units of prayer.'"  

أحمد:٢٤٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو قُدَامَةَ الْعُمَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنَا عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أُمِّ ذَرَّةَ قَالَتْ

رَأَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ تُصَلِّي الضُّحَى وَتَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ