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ibnmajah:1318Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Anas b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the night prayers two by two.”  

ابن ماجة:١٣١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى  


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ibnmajah:1174Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Anas b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray (voluntary prayers) at night two by two, and he would pray one Rak’ah of Witr.”  

ابن ماجة:١١٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ  

ibnmajah:1319Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“The night prayer is (to be offered) two by two.”  

ابن ماجة:١٣١٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى  

tabarani:10655Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > al-ʿAlāʾ b. Hilāl > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The prophet ﷺ used to pray during the day, two by two.  

الطبراني:١٠٦٥٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ حَدَّثَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّهَارِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى