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ahmad:26286 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The two rak'ahs (before) Fajr are better than this world and everything in it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1759)   

أحمد:٢٦٢٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا  

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muslim:725a – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd al-Ghubarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.  

مسلم:٧٢٥a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

nasai:1759 – Hārūn b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The two rak'ahs (before) Fajr are better than this world and everything in it."  

النسائي:١٧٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

ahmad:24241 – Yaḥyá > al-Taymī And Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , regarding the two units of prayer before the Fajr prayer, he said: They are more beloved to me than the whole world."  

أحمد:٢٤٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ وَابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ هُمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا  

nasai-kubra:458 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Saʿīd And Sulaymān al-Taymī > Qatādah > Zurārah > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] From the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "The two units of prayer before dawn are more beloved to me than the whole world."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا»  

nasai-kubra:1456 – Hārūn b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains. (Using translation from Muslim 725a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا»  

bayhaqi:4469 – Abū al-Ḥasan al-ʿAlawī > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Dallawayh al-Daqqāq > Abū al-Azhar > Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Abū Awafá > Saʿd > ʿĀʾishah

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains. (Using translation from Muslim 725a)   

البيهقي:٤٤٦٩ – أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ دَلَّوَيْهِ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ ثنا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أَوَفَى عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا