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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  


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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: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: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  

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