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bayhaqi:5443Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Sabīʿī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī > ʿĀʾishah > Furiḍat

[Machine] The prayer consists of two units of prayer, except for Maghrib, which consists of three units. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the first prayer while traveling, and when he stayed, he would add two units of prayer with each unit of prayer, except for Maghrib, because it is an odd number. As for Fajr, the recitation is longer in it.  

البيهقي:٥٤٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّبِيعِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أنبأ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ فُرِضَتِ

الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ فُرِضَتْ ثَلَاثًا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَافَرَ صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ الْأُولَى وَإِذَا أَقَامَ زَادَ مَعَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ لِأَنَّهَا وِتْرٌ وَالصُّبْحُ تَطُولُ فِيهَا الْقِرَاءَةُ هَكَذَا  

رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَاهُ فِي أَوَّلِ كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ بِبَعْضِ مَعْنَاهُ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ

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ahmad:26282ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > ʿĀʾishah > Furiḍat al-Ṣalāh Rakʿatayn Rakʿatayn Illā al-Maghrib Furiḍat Thalāth Liʾannahā Witr

[Machine] The prayer is ordained as two units, except for Maghrib prayer which is ordained as three units, because it is the Witr prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the initial prayer (when traveling) as two units, except for Maghrib prayer, and when he stayed, he would add two units to each unit except for Maghrib prayer, because it is the Witr prayer, and Fajr prayer because he would prolong the recitation in it.  

أحمد:٢٦٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ فُرِضَتْ ثَلَاثًا لِأَنَّهَا وِتْرٌ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَافَرَ صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ الْأُولَى إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ فَإِذَا أَقَامَ زَادَ مَعَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ لِأَنَّهَا وَتْرٌ وَالصُّبْحَ لِأَنَّهُ يُطَوِّلُ فِيهَا الْقِرَاءَةَ