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ibnhibban:2529Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd And Ibn Kathīr > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet ﷺ pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1381)   

ابن حبّان:٢٥٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ وَابْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ الرِّشْكُ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَتْ « نَعَمْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
muslim:719aShaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd / al-Rishk > Muʿādhah > Saʾalat

that he asked 'A'isha ؓ how many rak'ahs Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed at the forenoon prayer. She replied: Four rak'ahs, but sometimes more as he pleased.  

مسلم:٧١٩aحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي الرِّشْكَ حَدَّثَتْنِي مُعَاذَةُ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الضُّحَى قَالَتْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ  

ibnmajah:1381Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Shabābah > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet ﷺ pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ  

ahmad:24924ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She asked her, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Duha four Rak'ahs?" She said, "Yes, four Rak'ahs, and more if Allah wills."  

أحمد:٢٤٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ يَزِيدُ الرِّشْكُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْهَا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  

ahmad:24889Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Muʿādhah

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How many units of dhuha prayer did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform?" She said, "Four units, and he would increase as Allah wills."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٨٩حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

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

ahmad:24638Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Muʿādhah

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How many units of Dhuha prayer did the Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ , used to perform?" She replied, "Four units (rak'ahs), and the Prophet would increase as Allah willed."  

أحمد:٢٤٦٣٨حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

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

ahmad:25388Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

[Machine] A woman asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray the Duha (forenoon) prayer?" She replied, "Yes, four (units of prayer) and he would increase as Allah willed."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَرْبَعًا وَيُزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ  

bayhaqi:4900Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah

[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."  

البيهقي:٤٩٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةَ قَالَتْ

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

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