[Machine] I went to prayer with the Prophet ﷺ to see how he performed the witr prayer. He performed the qunut before the ruku'. Then, my mother sent Umm Ma'bad with me and I said, "My house is with his wives, so look at how he performs the witr prayer and inform me." She informed me that he performed the qunut before the ruku'. This hadith was narrated by Sufyan al-Thawri from Abaan ibn Abi Ayyash, and the narration is established and Abaan is a trustworthy narrator.

بِتُّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَأَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يَقْنُتُ فِي وِتْرِهِ فَقَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَتْ أُمِّي أُمَّ مَعْبَدٍ فَقُلْتُ بِيتِي مَعَ نِسَائِهِ فَانْظُرِي كَيْفَ يَقْنُتُ فِي وِتْرِهِ فَأَنْبِئِينِي فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي أَنَّهُ قَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ وَمَدَارُ الْحَدِيثِ عَلَيْهِ وَأَبَانُ مَتْرُوكٌ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed the Witr (an odd-numbered prayer) with three units, in which he would make supplications before the bowing. Abu Nasr ibn Qatada narrated to us, who was informed by Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Sarraj, who was informed by Mutayyan, who was informed by Abd al-Rahman ibn Yunus al-Raqqi, who was informed by Ata ibn Muslim al-Halabi, who mentioned it. Ata ibn Muslim is the only one who narrated this, and he is weak.

أَوْتَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ قَنَتَ فِيهَا قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ السَّرَّاجُ ثنا مُطَيَّنٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يُونُسَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا عَطَاءُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْحَلَبِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ وَهَذَا يَنْفَرِدُ بِهِ عَطَاءُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud used to raise his hands in supplication to his chest during the qunut.

كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْقُنُوتِ إِلَى ثَدْيَيْهِ

[Machine] "He used to see Abu Hurayrah raising his hands in his supplication during Ramadan."

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرَى أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي قُنُوتِهِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ شِبْلٍ الْجَرْمِيُّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا قِلَابَةَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي قُنُوتِهِ

Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1729)

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَرْفَعُ بِالثَّالِثَةِ صَوْتَهُ

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered salutation in the witr prayer, he said: Glorify be to the king most holy. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1430)

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَلَّمَ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to supplicate in his final Tashahhud, saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your forgiveness from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You; I do not enumerate Your praise, You are as You have praised Yourself." Abu Ali Al-Roudbari informed us that Abu Bakr ibn Dasa narrated to us, who narrated to us Abu Dawood, who narrated to us Musa ibn Ismail, who narrated to us Hammad, and he mentioned it in a similar manner. Abu Dawood said, "Hisham is the oldest sheikh for Hammad," and it reached me from Yahya ibn Ma'in that he said, "No one has narrated about him other than Hammad ibn Salamah."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي آخِرِ وِتْرِهِ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ 4872 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هِشَامٌ أَقْدَمُ شَيْخٍ لِحَمَّادٍ قَالَ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَمْ يَرْوِ عَنْهُ غَيْرُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ

[Machine] Othman Saed ibn Al-Aas ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Qurashi was with us as a pilgrim in the mosque of the Messenger ﷺ. Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Sayyar and Abu Amr Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Al-Hasan Al-Jawhary narrated to us. They said: Yahya ibn Ahmad ibn Ziyad Abu Mansur narrated to us, who narrated from Yahya ibn Ma'in, who narrated from Marwan ibn Muawiyah, who narrated from Yazid ibn Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet ﷺ recited in the two rak'ahs before Fajr: "Say, O disbelievers" and "He is Allah, the One." And Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz narrated to us, who narrated from Abu Al-Walid Al-Faqih, who narrated from Ahmad ibn Al-Hasan ibn Abd Al-Jabbar, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Abbad Al-Makky, who narrated from Marwan. And he mentioned it in a similar way.

عُثْمَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقُرَشِيُّ وَكَانَ مَعَنَا حَاجًّا فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ وَأَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ 4874 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا مَرْوَانُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ

"Say: We believed in Allah and what was revealed to us..." verse 136 from Surah Baqara, and in the second of the two: "I believe in Allah and I bear testimony that we are Muslims" (iii. 52). (Using translation from Muslim 727a)

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فِي الْأُولَى مِنْهُمَا الْآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْبَقَرَةِ {قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ} [البقرة 136] الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ {آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 52]

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the two rak'as of Fajr prayer the verse, "{Say, 'We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us} [Al-Baqarah 136]," and in the second rak'a the verse, "{Come to a word that is equitable between us and you} [Al Imran 64]."

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ {قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا} [البقرة 136] الْآيَةَ وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ {تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} [آل عمران 64]

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite in the two prostrations before dawn prayer in the first prostration [the verse]: "Say, 'We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob'" [Quran 2:136] and in the second [prostration]: "'Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger, so register us among the witnesses.'" [Quran 3:53] This is how he informed us without a doubt and he has

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الْأُولَى {قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ} [البقرة 136] وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ {رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ} [آل عمران 53] هَكَذَا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ بِلَا شَكٍّ وَقَدْ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting in the two rak'ahs of Maghrib and the two rak'ahs of Fajr, recite "Say: O disbelievers!" and "Say: He is Allah, (the) One."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الْغَدَاةِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite more than twenty times in the two units of prayer after Maghrib and the two units before Fajr, "Say, O disbelievers, and say, He is Allah, [who is] One, and so on."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ بِقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَهَكَذَا

[Machine] She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray two units of prayer before the dawn prayer and would lighten them until I thought he (might) recite in them Umm Al-Qur'an."

ؓ تَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ فَيُخَفِّفُهُمَا حَتَّى أَقُولَ أَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ؟

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to shorten the two rak'ahs of Fajr prayer. And Mas'ar narrated from a man from the Ansar, from Sa'id bin Jubair, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sometimes prolonged the two rak'ahs of Fajr prayer.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُخَفِّفُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ وَقَالَ مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رُبَّمَا أَطَالَ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to shorten the two raka'at of Fajr prayer.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُخَفِّفُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ وَكَذَا

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray two light raka'at when dawn broke, then he would lie down on his right side until the mu'adhdhin came to him.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eleven rak'ahs at night, in which he would make the witr prayer one rak'ah. And when he finished from it, he would lie on his right side until the mu'adhin came to him to pray two light rak'ahs.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُوتِرُ مِنْهَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

[Machine] That the Prophet, ﷺ , used to lie down after performing the two units of Fajr prayer, as narrated by others from Shu'bah, from Musa, from Sa'id, from the Prophet, ﷺ , intermittently as mentioned in these narrations. It has been mentioned in the established hadith from Kurayb, from Ibn Abbas, that indicates that his lying down was after Witr prayer. It is also possible that the narration of Malik suggests this. And Allah knows best.

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ اضْطَجَعَ وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُنْقَطِعًا كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَاتِ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي الْحَدِيثِ الثَّابِتِ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ اضْطِجَاعِهِ كَانَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ وَقَدْ يَحْتَمِلُ ذَلِكَ مَا احْتَمَلَ رِوَايَةُ مَالِكٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

The Prophet ﷺ said: If any of you prays two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. This statement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed cowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached AbuHurayrah. He said: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1261)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَمَا يُجْزِئُ أَحَدَنَا مَمْشَاهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ؟ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ هَلْ تُنْكِرُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ اجْتَرَأَ وَجَبُنَّا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَمَا ذَنْبِي إِنْ كُنْتُ حَفِظْتُ وَنَسَوْا وَهَذَا يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمُرَادُ بِهِ الْإِبَاحَةَ فَقَدْ

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to separate between the two units of the Fajr prayer and the sunrise prayer by lying down on his right side. The Shaykh said, "This is more correct to be preserved in agreement with the rest of the narrations from Aisha and Ibn Abbas."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ رَكْعَتَيْهِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ وَبَيْنَ الصُّبْحِ بِضَجْعَةٍ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذَا أَوْلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مَحْفُوظًا لِمُوَافَقَتِهِ سَائِرَ الرِّوَايَاتِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr prayer. If I was awake, he would talk to me, otherwise he would lie down until he got up for prayer.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَيْقِظَةً حَدَّثَنِي وَإِلَّا اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer late in the night, he would see. If I was awake, he would talk to me. If I was sleeping, he would awaken me, and pray two rak'ahs, then he would lie down as long as the mu'adhdhin came to him and call him for the dawn prayer. Then he would pray two rak'ahs lightly and come out for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1262)

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ نَظَرَ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَيْقِظَةً حَدَّثَنِي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ نَائِمَةً أَيْقَظَنِي وَصَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَيُؤْذِنَهُ بِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَهَذَا بِخِلَافِ رِوَايَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray at night and then perform the Witr prayer. If I was awake, he would talk to me, and if not, he would lie down until the caller for prayer came to him. Abu Al-Husayn ibn Al-Fadl Al-Qattan informed us, that Abdullah ibn Ja'far narrated from Ya'qub ibn Sufyan, who narrated from Al-Humaydi, who narrated from Sufyan, who narrated from Ziyad ibn Sa'd Al-Khurasani, who narrated from Ibn Abi 'Attab, and Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed me that Abu Al-Walid Al-Faqih narrated from Ibrahim ibn Abi Talib, who narrated from Ibn Abi 'Umar, who narrated from Sufyan, who narrated from Ziyad ibn Sa'd, who narrated from Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Attab, who narrated from Abu Salama ibn Abdul Rahman, who narrated from Aisha, a tradition similar to the narration of Ibn Uyaynah, from Abu Al-Nadr.

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ صَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَيْقِظَةً حَدَّثَنِي وَإِلَّا اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُنَادِي 4892 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray his night prayer while I was turning in bed between him and the Qibla. When he wanted to perform the Witr prayer, he would touch me with his foot. He used to pray two units of prayer, and if I was awake, he would speak to me, otherwise he would lie down until he would rise for the prayer. Abu Bakr Al-Humaidi said: Sufyan doubted the narration of Abu Al-Nadr and was confused about it, and perhaps he doubted the narration of Ziyad and said, "It has confused me." Then he said more than once: "The narration of Abu Al-Nadr is like this, the narration of Ziyad is like this, and the narration of Muhammad ibn Amr is like this, as I have mentioned." All of that.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ حَرَّكَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَيْقِظَةً حَدَّثَنِي وَإِلَّا اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ كَانَ سُفْيَانُ يَشُكُّ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي النَّضْرِ وَيَضْطَرِبُ فِيهِ وَرُبَّمَا يَشُكُّ فِي حَدِيثِ زِيَادٍ وَيَقُولُ تَخَلَّطَ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ حَدِيثُ أَبِي النَّضْرِ كَذَا وَحَدِيثُ زِيَادٍ كَذَا وَحَدِيثُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو كَذَا عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْتُ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ

I came out with the Prophet ﷺ to offer the dawn prayer. When he passed by a sleeping man he called him for prayer or moved him with his foot. The narrator Ziyad said: This tradition has been reported to us by AbulFadl. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1264)

خَرَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَكَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ بِرَجُلٍ إِلَّا نَادَاهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ أَوْ حَرَّكَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ قَالَ زِيَادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ

[Machine] Return to them and ask them about what led them to do what they did. So, I went back to them and asked them, and they said, "We seek the Sunnah." He said, "Go back to them and inform them that it is an innovation, and Imam Ash-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, pointed out that the narrated sleeping in past reports is for distinguishing between the optional and obligatory prayers. It does not matter whether this distinction is made by sleeping, reporting, or moving from that place or elsewhere. Sleeping is not necessary for that, and Allah knows best.

ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَسَلْهُمْ مَا حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى مَا صَنَعُوا فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ وَسَأَلْتُهُمْ فَقَالُوا نُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ وَقَدْ أَشَارَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى أَنَّ الِاضْطِجَاعَ الْمُنْقُولَ فِيمَا مَضَى مِنَ الْأَخْبَارِ لِلْفَصْلِ بَيْنَ النَّافِلَةِ وَالْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْفَصْلُ بِالِاضْطِجَاعِ أَوِ التَّحْدِيثِ أَوِ التَّحَوُّلِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ وَالِاضْطِجَاعُ غَيْرُ مُتَعَيِّنٍ لِذَلِكَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

My Friend ﷺ instructed me in three (acts), and I would never abandon them as long as I live. (And these three things are): Three fasts during every month, the forenoon prayer, and this that I should not sleep till I have observed the Witr prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 722)

أَوْصَانِي حَبِيبِي ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ لَنْ أَدَعَهُنَّ مَا عِشْتُ بِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى وَبِأَنْ لَا أَنَامَ حَتَّى أُوتِرَ

[Machine] My friend Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ has advised me to do three things: praying the Witr prayer before sleeping, fasting three days every month, and performing the Duha prayer consisting of two units.

أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى

In the morning charity is due from every bone in the body of every one of you. Every utterance of Allah's glorification is an act of charity. Every utterance of praise of Him is an act of charity, every utterance of profession of His Oneness is an act of charity, every utterance of profession of His Greatness is an act of charity, enjoining good is an act of charity, forbidding what is distreputable is an act of charity, and two rak'ahs which one prays in the forenoon will suffice. (Using translation from Muslim 720)

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلَامَى مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةٌ فَكُلُّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَحْمِيدَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَهْلِيلَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَكُلُّ تَكْبِيرَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ وَنَهْيٌ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَيُجْزِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَكْعَتَانِ يَرْكَعُهُمَا مِنَ الضُّحَى

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

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الضُّحَى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray the Duha prayer?" She said, "Yes, he used to pray four units (raka'at) and would increase as Allah wills."

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

Messenger of Allah narrated that Allah, Blessed and Most High said: "Son of Adam: Perform four Rak'ah for Me in the beginning of the day it will suffice you for the latter part of it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 475)

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَبِّهِ ﷻ قَالَ ابْنَ آدَمَ صَلِّ لِي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ أَكْفِكَ آخِرَهُ

[Machine] He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying the Duha prayer in a home other than his wife Haneefah. She said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered her house on the day Mecca was conquered, performed ablution, and prayed eight units of prayer. She said, "I have not seen a prayer lighter than it, except that he completed the bowing and prostration, which is the wording of the Hadith of Adam."

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى غَيْرَ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ فَإِنَّهَا قَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهَا يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَاغْتَسَلَ وَصَلَّى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَالَتْ فَلَمْ أَرَ صَلَاةً أَخَفَّ مِنْهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُتِمُّ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ آدَمَ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Dhuha prayer. Umm Hani bint Abi Talib told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came after the day had risen on the day of the conquest. He commanded for a garment to be brought and covered himself with it. Then he performed ghusl (ritual ablution), stood up and prayed eight units of prayer. I do not know if his standing was longer or his bowing or his prostration, all of that was close in length.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَّحَ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى فَحَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَى بَعْدَمَا ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ فَأَمَرَ بِثَوْبٍ فَسُتِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا أَدْرِي أَقِيَامُهُ فِيهَا أَطْوَلُ أَمْ رُكُوعُهُ أَمْ سُجُودُهُ؟ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مُتَقَارِبٌ

[Machine] She saw the Prophet ﷺ offering eight units of the Duha prayer, which she had not seen him pray before or after, wearing a garment that was different between its two ends.

أَنَّهَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الضُّحَى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَمْ تَرَهُ صَلَّى قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا فِي ثَوْبٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) eight rak'ahs saluting after every two rak'ahs. Abu Dawud said: Ahmad b. Salih said that the Messenger of Allah offered prayer in the forenoon on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, and he narrated something similar. Ibn al-Sarh reported that Umm Hani said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me. This version does not mention the prayer in the forenoon. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1290)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ صَلَّى سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ يُسَلِّمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as you asked me, and he said: "If you pray Duha two units, you will not be written among the heedless. And if you pray it four units, you will be written among the good-doers. And if you pray it six units, you will be written among the devout. And if you pray it eight units, you will be written among the successful. And if you pray it ten units, that day no sin will be written against you. And if you pray twelve units, Allah will build for you a house in Paradise." And it has been narrated from another narrator, Abdullah bin Umar, and from Abu Dharr, and we have mentioned it in the book of Al-Jami'.

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ إِنْ صَلَّيْتَ الضُّحَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَإِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا أَرْبَعًا كُتَبْتَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَإِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا سِتًّا كُتَبْتَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَإِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا ثَمَانِيًا كُتَبْتَ مِنَ الْفَائِزِينَ وَإِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا عَشْرًا لَمْ يُكْتَبْ لَكَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ ذَنْبٌ وَإِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بَنَى اللهُ لَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ الْجَامِعِ

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone sits in his place of prayer when he finishes the dawn prayer till he prays the two rak'ahs of the forenoon, saying nothing but what is good, his sins will be forgiven even if they are more than the foam of the sea. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1287)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ قَعَدَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى يُسَبِّحَ رَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى لَا يَقُولُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا غُفِرَ لَهُ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ

[Machine] "That prayer in any other time is better, for indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Verily the prayer of the Awabeen (devoted worshippers) is when the camels are tied up (i.e. at sunset).' And he ﷺ also said: 'One time, there were people who used to perform prayer.'"

أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ صَلَاةَ الْأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ الْفِصَالُ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَأُنَاسًا يُصَلُّونَ

[Machine] He saw people sitting with a storyteller, and when the sun rose, they hurried to pray. Zaid ibn Arqam said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The prayer of the Penitents when the dawn breaks."

أَنَّهُ رَأَى نَاسًا جُلُوسًا إِلَى قَاصٍّ فَلَمَّا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ابْتَدَرُوا السَّوَارِيَ يُصَلُّونَ فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ إِذَا رَمِضَتِ الْفِصَالُ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone goes out from his house after performing ablution for saying the prescribed prayer in congregation (in the mosque), his reward will be like that of one who goes for hajj pilgrimage after wearing ihram (robe worn by the hajj pilgrims). And he who goes out to say the mid-morning (duha) prayer, and takes the trouble for this purpose, will take the reward like that of a person who performs umrah. And a prayer followed by a prayer with no worldly talk during the gap between them will be recorded in Illiyyun. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 558)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ مَشَى إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ وَهُوَ مُتَطَهِّرٌ فَأَجْرُهُ كَأَجْرِ الْحَاجِّ الْمُحْرِمِ وَمَنْ مَشَى إِلَى سُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى لَا يُنْهِضُهُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ فَأَجْرُهُ كَأَجْرِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ وَصَلَاةٌ عَلَى أَثَرِ صَلَاةٍ لَا لَغْوَ بَيْنَهُمَا كِتَابٌ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ

[Machine] I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray the Sunnah of Dhuha, but I do pray it and it has been narrated by Ma'mar. And there is nothing that people have innovated that I love more than it.

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَّحَ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى وَإِنِّي لَأُسَبِّحُهَا زَادَ مَعْمَرٌ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ وَمَا أَحْدَثَ النَّاسُ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا

[Machine] Did the Prophet ﷺ used to pray the Duha prayer? She said, "No, except for a narration from Ibn Matr, unless he came from his hiding place."

ؓ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَتْ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِئَ مِنْ مَغِيبِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ مَطَرٍ

I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observing the supererogatory prayer of the forenoon, but I observed it. And if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ abandoned any act which he in fact loved to do, it was out of fear that if the people practised it constantly, it might become obligatory for them. (Using translation from Muslim 718)

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى قَطُّ وَإِنِّي لَأُسَبِّحُهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَهُ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى

[Machine] About the voluntary prayers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day, he asked us, "Who is able to do it?" We said, "We can handle what we can handle." He said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to delay after Fajr prayer until the sun rose, which is the duration of Dhuhr, and then he would perform two units of prayer, in which he would conclude with the salutation upon the angels who are nearest to Allah, the prophets, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. Then he would delay until the time of Duha, and then he would perform four units of prayer, in which he would conclude with the salutation upon the angels who are nearest to Allah, the prophets, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. Then he would delay until the sun had passed its zenith, and then he would perform four units of prayer, in which he would conclude with the salutation upon the angels who are nearest to Allah, the prophets, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. Then he would pray two units of prayer after Dhuhr, in which he would do the same. Then he would pray four units of prayer before Asr, in which he would do the same. And likewise.

عَنْ تَطَوَّعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ فَقَالَ لَنَا وَمَنْ يُطِيقُهُ؟ قُلْنَا حَدِّثْنَاهُ نُطِيقُ مِنْهُ مَا أَطَقْنَا قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُمْهِلُ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ حَتَّى إِذَا ارْتَفَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَكَانَ مِقْدَارُهَا مِنَ الْعَصْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَفْصِلُ فِيهِمَا بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا ارْتَفَعَ الضُّحَى فَكَانَ مِقْدَارُهَا مِنَ الظُّهْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعًا يَفْصِلُ فِيهِنَّ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ فَإِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَامَ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعًا يَفْصِلُ فِيهِنَّ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ يَفْعَلُ فِيهِمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ يَفْعَلُ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَكَذَلِكَ

[Machine] About the voluntary prayers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day, he asked, "Who among you can bear it?" We said, "We will take from him what we can handle." He used to delay until the sun appeared similar to its appearance from the west at the time of Asr (afternoon prayer), then he stood up and prayed two units of prayer. Then he delayed until the sun rose and set, and it was similar to its appearance from the east at Dhuhr (noon prayer), then he stood up and prayed four units of prayer, separating each two units with the tasleem (saying salutation). He then delayed until the sun disappeared, and he prayed four units of prayer before Dhuhr, separating each two units with the tasleem. Then he mentioned the tradition in a similar manner. These are the sixteen voluntary units of prayer that the Prophet ﷺ used to perform during the day, and he rarely continued with them. This was mentioned exclusively by 'Asim bin Damrah from 'Ali, and Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak used to increase it, and his narration of this tradition was criticized. And Allah knows best.

عَنْ تَطَوَّعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ فَقَالَ مَنْ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ؟ قُلْنَا نَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ مَا أَطَقْنَا قَالَ كَانَ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا ارْتَفَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَحَلَّقَتْ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ يَفْصِلُ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ فَهَذِهِ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تَطَوُّعُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ وَقَلَّمَا يُدَاوِمُ عَلَيْهَا تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ يُضَعِّفُهُ فَيَطْعَنُ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, "O Abbas, O my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not love you, shall I not reward you, shall I not do for you ten things that, if you do them, Allah will forgive your sins, past and future, old and new, intentional and unintentional? These ten things are: praying four rak'ahs, beginning with takbeer, then reciting Al-Fatiha and a Surah, then saying upon finishing the recitation of the Surah while standing: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar fifteen times. Then you prostrate and say ten times, and then you raise your head and say ten times while standing. Then you prostrate and say ten times, and then you raise your head and say ten times while standing. This is seventy-five times in each rak'ah. If you are able to pray this once every day, then do so. And if you cannot, then once every Jumu'ah. And if you cannot, then once every month. And if you cannot, then once every year. And if you cannot, then once in your lifetime." Abu Ali al-Rudhbary reported to us, Muhammad ibn Bakr informed us, Abu Dawud informed us, Abdul Rahman ibn Bishr ibn al-Hakam al-Naysaboori mentioned it to us, and he added the smaller and larger numbers before mentioning the intentional and unintentional sins, and it is as if it fell upon me or upon my teacher while dictating. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi informed us, Hajib ibn Ahmad informed us, Muhammad ibn Rafi' reported to us, Ibrahim ibn al-Hakam ibn Aban narrated to me from my father, from Ikrimah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abbas, "O Abbas, O uncle of the Messenger of Allah, shall I not give you?" And he mentioned it sent and in a similar manner.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَا عَبَّاسُ يَا عَمَّاهُ أَلَا أُعْطِيكَ أَلَا أَحْبُوكَ أَلَا أَجْزِيكَ أَلَا أَفْعَلُ لَكَ عَشْرَ خِصَالٍ إِذَا أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ قَدِيمَهُ وَحَدِيثَهُ عَمْدَهُ وَخَطَأَهُ سِرَّهُ وَعَلَانِيَتَهُ عَشْرُ خِصَالٍ أَنْ تُصَلَّيَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَبْدَأُ فَتُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ تَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِكَ مِنَ السُّورَةِ وَأَنْتَ قَائِمٌ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقُولُ وَأَنْتَ رَاكِعٌ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ فَتَقُولُ وَأَنْتَ قَائِمٌ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرًا فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعُونَ مَرَّةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً فَافْعَلْ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي عُمُرِكَ مَرَّةً

4917 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَزَادَ صَغِيرَهُ وَكَبِيرَهُ قَبْلَ قَوْلِهِ سِرَّهُ وَعَلَانِيَتَهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ سَقَطَ عَلَيَّ أَوْ عَلَى شَيْخِي فِي الْإِمْلَاءِ

4918 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ يَا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ أَلَا أُهْدِي لَكَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ مُرْسَلًا وَكَذَلِكَ

[Machine] When the day ends, stand and pray four units. Then mention the same four things. He said, "Then raise your head, meaning from the second prostration, and sit, and do not stand until you have made ten tasbih, ten tahmid, ten takbir, and ten tahleel." Then do that in the four units. He (the narrator) said, "If you were the greatest of the people of the earth in sins, they would be forgiven for you." I said, "But if I cannot pray that at that hour?" He said, "Pray it at night and during the day." Abu Dawud said: The narrator continued from Abu Jawnza'a from Abdullah bin Amr, who said: "The sheikh narrated it." Abu Janab also narrated it from Abu Jawnza'a from Abdullah bin Amr, who narrated it from the Prophet ﷺ elevated, except that he made tasbih fifty times before recitation, and he made what comes after the second prostration after the recitation. Abu Dawud said: Rawh bin al-Musayyib and Jafar bin Sulaiman narrated it from Amr bin Malik al-Nukri from Ibn Abbas, and he said: He also said in the hadith of Rawh: The Prophet ﷺ said 4920, and Abu Ali al-Rudhbary reported to us, and Abu Bakr reported to us, and Abu Dawud reported to us, and Abu Tawba al-Rabi bin Nafi reported to us, and Muhammad bin Mu'ajir reported to us from Urwah bin Ruwaym, he said: Al-Ansari told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ja'far with this hadith, and he mentioned the same thing. Then he said: In the second prostration of the first unit, as in the hadith of Mahdy bin Maymun.

إِذَا زَالَ النَّهَارُ فَقُمْ فَصَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ يَعْنِي مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَاسْتَوِ جَالِسًا وَلَا تَقُمْ حَتَّى تُسَبِّحَ عَشْرًا وَتَحْمَدَ عَشْرًا وَتُكَبِّرَ عَشْرًا وَتُهَلِّلَ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ أَعْظَمَ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ ذَنْبًا غُفِرَ لَكَ بِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَهَا تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ؟ قَالَ صَلِّهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ الْمُسْتَمِرُّ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ عَنْ أَبَى الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو مَوْقُوفًا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو جَنَابٍ عَنْ أَبَى الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرْفُوعًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ التَّسْبِيحَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَجَعَلَ مَا بَعْدَ السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَجَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ النُّكْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبَى الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَوْلَهُ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ رَوْحٍ فَقَالَ حَدِيثَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

4920 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ رُوَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى كَمَا فِي حَدِيثِ مَهْدِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us the supplication for isthikharah (seeking what us beneficial from Allah) as he would teach us a surah (chapter) from the Qur'an. He would tell us: When one of you intends to do a work, he should offer two supererogatory rak'ahs of prayer, and then say (at the end of the prayer):

"O Allah, I seek Your choice on the better (of the two matters) based upon Your knowledge, and I seek Your decree based upon Your power, and I ask You for Your great bounties. For Indeed, You are the One Who Decrees, and I do not decree, and You know, and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah, if you know this, and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah, if you know this - here he should name exactly what he wishes - is better for me with regard to my religion, and my life, and my afterlife, and the end result of my affairs, then decree it to me, and make it easy for me, and bless me on it. O Allah, and if You know this to be evil for me - and he says just as he said the first time - then avert it for me, and avert me from it. And decree for me good wherever it might be, the make me content with it." A version goes: "If the work is good immediately or subsequently." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1538)

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأَمْرِ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ لَنَا إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّى أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَتَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ يُسَمِّيهِ وَيُعَيِّنُهُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَمَعَادِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ اللهُمَّ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهُ شَرًّا لِي مِثْلَ الْأَوَّلِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ