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ذِكْرُ التَّرْغِيبِ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

ibnhibban:2458 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Isḥāq b. Buhlūl > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Sulaymān al-Taymī And Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The two units of prayer before Fajr (dawn) prayer are more beloved to me than the whole world and everything in it."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرَّكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»  

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muslim:725a – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd al-Ghubarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.  

مسلم:٧٢٥a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

nasai:1759 – Hārūn b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The two rak'ahs (before) Fajr are better than this world and everything in it."  

النسائي:١٧٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا  

tabarani:19773 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ḥafṣah

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to shorten the two units of prayer before Fajr."  

الطبراني:١٩٧٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُخَفِّفُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قُبَيْلَ الْفَجْرِ»  

nasai-kubra:458 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Saʿīd And Sulaymān al-Taymī > Qatādah > Zurārah > Saʿd b. Hishām > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] From the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "The two units of prayer before dawn are more beloved to me than the whole world."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا»