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ahmad:25692 – Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to shorten his two units of prayer during Fajr.  

أحمد:٢٥٦٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُخَفِّفُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ  

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muslim:724a – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe two rak'ahs of Sunnah (prayer) when he heard the Adhin and shortened them.  

مسلم:٧٢٤a – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ إِذَا سَمِعَ الأَذَانَ وَيُخَفِّفُهُمَا  

ذِكْرُ تَخْفِيفِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ

ibnhibban:2464 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ used to decrease the two units of the Fajr Salah."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُخَفِّفُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ»  

tabarani:19724 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Makkī > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ḥafṣah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray two quick light units of prayer when dawn approached."  

الطبراني:١٩٧٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»