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nasai:1778Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar > Ḥafṣah

"Hafsah told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray two brief rak'ahs before Fajr, and that was after dawn had broken."  

النسائي:١٧٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا يَطْلُعُ الْفَجْرُ  


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ibnhibban:2473bIbn ʿUmar > Ḥafṣah

"Hafsah told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray two brief rak'ahs before Fajr, and that was after dawn had broken." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1778)  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٧٣bقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَخْبَرَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَمَا يَطْلُعُ الْفَجْرُ»