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suyuti:2295a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)   

السيوطي:٢٢٩٥a

"إِذا قامَ أحدُكُمْ مِنَ اللّيل فلْيبدأ بركْعتينِ خفيفتينِ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
muslim:768Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.  

مسلم:٧٦٨وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلاَتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

abudawud:1323al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ Abū Tawbah > Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.  

أبو داود:١٣٢٣حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:9182Muʿāwiyah > Zāʾidah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 768)  

أحمد:٩١٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:7176Muḥammad b. Salamah > Hishām > Muḥammadʿan Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)   

أحمد:٧١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:7748ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 768)  

أحمد:٧٧٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَسْتَفْتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ التَّهَجُّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ أَنَّ يَبْتَدِئَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

ibnhibban:2606Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah Biʿasqalān > Yazīd b. Mawhab > Muḥammad b. Salamah al-Ḥarrānī > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)   

ابن حبّان:٢٦٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ بِعَسْقَلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»  

suyuti:2294a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)   

السيوطي:٢٢٩٤a

"إِذَا قام أحدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيلِ فليفْتتح صلاتَه بركعَتينِ خفيفتينِ" .  

عبد الرزاق، [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة
suyuti:2296a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1323)   

السيوطي:٢٢٩٦a

"إِذَا قامَ أحدُكُمْ مِنَ الليل فْليُصلِّ ركعتَين خفيفتين ثُمَّ ليُطوِّل بعدُ ما شاءَ".  

[د] أبو داود عن أبي هريرة