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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مُسَارَعَتَهُ ﷺ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مُسَارَعَتِهِ إِلَى الْغَنِيمَةِ الَّتِي يَغْنَمُهَا

ibnhibban:2457 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá al-Sakhtiyānī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rush towards any voluntary act of worship faster than he did towards the two Rak'ahs before Fajr prayer, nor towards any booty that he could take advantage of."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ أَسْرَعَ مِنْهُ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ وَلَا إِلَى غَنِيمَةٍ يَغْتَنِمُهَا»  

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muslim:724g – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Numayr > Ḥafṣ > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿĀʾishah

I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hastening as much in observing supererogatory as two rak'ahs before the (Fard) of the dawn prayer.  

مسلم:٧٢٤g – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ أَسْرَعَ مِنْهُ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ  

ahmad:24271 – Yaḥyá > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was more particular about observing the supererogatory rak'ahs before the dawn prayer than about observing any of the other supererogatory prayers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1254)  

أحمد:٢٤٢٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ أَشَدَّ مُعَاهَدَةً مِنْهُ عَلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ  

ahmad:25844 – Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Ḥakīmib. Jubayr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hasten to anything more quickly than he hastened to perform two units of voluntary prayer before Fajr, nor to any conquest."  

أحمد:٢٥٨٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَكِيمِبْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَسْرَعُ مِنْهُ إِلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَلَا إِلَى غَنِيمَةٍ  

ahmad:25327 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Ḥakīm b. Jubayr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] "Aisha, I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hasten towards anything faster than he does towards performing two units of prayer before the Fajr prayer, nor towards seeking any spoils of war."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَسْرَعَ مِنْهُ إِلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَلَا إِلَى غَنِيمَةٍ يَطْلُبُهَا  

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السيوطي:٦٧٣-٤٩٧b –

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ قَطُّ مَا يُسْرِعُ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الفَجْرِ، وَلَا إِلَى غنِيمَةٍ [يُصِيبُهَا] ".  

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