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malik:10-12Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim that his father used to pray four rakas before he went to the place of prayer.  

مالك:١٠-١٢حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ الْقَاسِمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْدُوَ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ