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"صَلاةُ اللَّيلِ مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصبْحَ فَصَلِّ وَاحِدَةً وَسَجْدَتَين قَبْلَ الصُّبْح".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبي عمر

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1668ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān And Muḥammad b. Ṣadaqah > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Prayers at night are two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one rak'ah."  

النسائي:١٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

nasai:1671Qutaybah > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: "prayers at night are (offered) two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one."  

النسائي:١٦٧١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

ahmad:6355ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

A man said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! How is the prayer of the night?" He said, "Two rakʿat followed by two rakʿat and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one rakʿa as witr." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1137)  

أحمد:٦٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

ahmad:5503Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "The night prayer is performed in pairs, pairs. When you fear the approach of dawn, then prostrate in a prostration and perform two units before dawn."  

أحمد:٥٥٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَاسْجُدْ سَجْدَةً وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ  

ahmad:4848Yazīd > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Prayers at night are two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one rak'ah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1668)  

أحمد:٤٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُتَهَجِّدَ إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِرَكْعَةٍ آخِرَ صَلَاتِهِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ لَا بَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:2623Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] A man called the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was between them, asked: "How is the night prayer?" He said, "Two by two. When you fear the approaching dawn, then pray one rakah and make two prostrations before dawn."  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ بِوَاسِطَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ * عَنْ * خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَادَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُمَا كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَ «مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَصَلِّ وَاحِدَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ»  

tabarani:13184Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Khaythamah > Wahbb. Yaḥyá b. Zimām al-ʿAllāf > Maymūn b. Zayd > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "The night prayer is performed in pairs, so when you fear the approach of dawn, then perform the witr prayer with a single unit."  

الطبراني:١٣١٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زِمَامٍ الْعَلَّافُ ثنا مَيْمُونُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:13461ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Fiṭr b. Khalīfah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ : "The night prayer is performed in pairs, so when you fear dawn, then pray one Rak'ah."  

الطبراني:١٣٤٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَوَاحِدَةً»  

nasai-kubra:475ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Prayers at night are two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one rak'ah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1668)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»