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hakim:1152Abū al-Naḍr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Faqīh > Tamīm b. Muḥammad > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to recite the following in the two rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer:

"In the first rakah, recite from the verse, 'Say, "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael"' until the end of the verse [Al-Baqarah 136]. And in the second rakah, recite from the verse, 'Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you"' until the words 'And bear witness that we are Muslims' [Al-Imran 64]."  

الحاكم:١١٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا تَمِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَكْثَرُ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ {قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ} [البقرة 136] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ {قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} [آل عمران 64] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 52]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم

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muslim:727bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

" Say: We believed in Allah and what was revealed to us" and that which is found in Surah Al-i-'lmran:" Come to that word (creed) which is common between you and us" (iii. 64).  

مسلم:٧٢٧bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ { قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا} وَالَّتِي فِي آلِ عِمْرَانَ { تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ}  

nasai:944ʿImrān b. Yazīd > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in teh first rak'ah of Fajr "Say: We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us" to the end verse, and in the second rak'ah, "We believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims."  

النسائي:٩٤٤أَخْبَرَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ فِي الأُولَى مِنْهُمَا الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْبَقَرَةِ { قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا } إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ وَفِي الأُخْرَى { آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ }  

ahmad:2038Ibn Numayr > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Fajr prayer, in the first Rak'ah, from the verse "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Ibrahim" [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:136] until the end of the verse, and in the second Rak'ah, from the verse "We have believed in Allah and testified that we are Muslims" [Surah Al-Imran 3:52].  

أحمد:٢٠٣٨حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ {آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ} [البقرة 136] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ {آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 52]  

ahmad:2045Yaʿlá > ʿUthmān > Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the two rak'ahs before Fajr the most. He would recite from the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah verse 136 until the end, and in the other rak'ah he would recite from Surah Al-Imran verse 52.  

أحمد:٢٠٤٥حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ {آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ} [البقرة 136] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَالْأُخْرَى {آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 52]  

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

tabarani:10816ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿUmar b. ʿUthmān from my cousin ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Abū Tumaylah Yaḥyá b. Wāḍiḥ > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the two units before dawn in the first unit with Surah Al-Fatiha and two verses from the end of Al-Baqarah {The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord} and in the second unit with Surah Al-Fatiha and one verse from Al-Imran {Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you"} until the end of the verse.  

الطبراني:١٠٨١٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ابْنُ أَخِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ثنا أَبُو تُمَيْلَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ وَاضِحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَبِآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ الْبَقَرَةِ {آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ} وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَبآيةٍ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ {قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ  

bayhaqi:4875[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Abū Kurayb > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

"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)   

البيهقي:٤٨٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالَا ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

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]  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ