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ahmad:25348ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray four units of the Duha prayer and would increase as Allah willed.  

أحمد:٢٥٣٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الضُّحَى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  


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muslim:719aShaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd / al-Rishk > Muʿādhah > Saʾalat

that he asked 'A'isha ؓ how many rak'ahs Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed at the forenoon prayer. She replied: Four rak'ahs, but sometimes more as he pleased.  

مسلم:٧١٩aحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي الرِّشْكَ حَدَّثَتْنِي مُعَاذَةُ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الضُّحَى قَالَتْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ  

muslim:719cYaḥyá b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥārithī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah Ḥaddathathum > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe four rak'ahs in the forenoon prayer and he sometimes observed more as Allah pleased.  

مسلم:٧١٩cوَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةَ حَدَّثَتْهُمْ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ  

ahmad:26287ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray four units of Duha prayer and he would increase as Allah willed.  

أحمد:٢٦٢٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  

ahmad:25123Yazīd > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is: "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to pray four units of the Duha prayer, and he would increase as Allah willed."  

أحمد:٢٥١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  

ahmad:25232Abū al-Naḍr > al-Mubārak / Ibn Faḍālah from my mother > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed four units of the Dhuha prayer in my house.  

أحمد:٢٥٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ فَضَالَةَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمِّي عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي مِنَ الضُّحَى أَرْبَعَرَكَعَاتٍ  

ahmad:24889Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Muʿādhah

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How many units of dhuha prayer did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform?" She said, "Four units, and he would increase as Allah wills."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٨٩حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَتْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  

nasai-kubra:481Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Muʿādhah Ḥaddathathum > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe four rak'ahs in the forenoon prayer and he sometimes observed more as Allah pleased. (Using translation from Muslim 719c)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ مُعَاذَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُمْ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ» خَالَفَهَا عُرْوَةُ