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suyuti:422-455bIbn ʿUmar
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"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: نَادَى رَجُل مِنْ أهْلِ البَادِيَةِ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ وَأنَا بَيْنَهُمَا، مَا تَقُولُ فِى صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَ: مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ أَوْ أَحْسَسْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَاسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الصبْحِ".  

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ahmad:5470ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was called by a man from the desert, while I was between him and the Bedouin. The man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer?" The Prophet replied, "It is performed in sets of two rak'ahs. And if you fear the approaching dawn, then perform one rak'ah as well as two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer."  

أحمد:٥٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَادَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَدَوِيِّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَوَاحِدَةً وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ  

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:5399Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > Layth > ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣalāh al-Layl

[Machine] Ibn Umar asked the Prophet (PBUH) about the night prayer while I was also present between them. The Prophet (PBUH) said, "The night prayer is performed two units at a time. And when you fear the approaching dawn, then hasten to offer a single unit of prayer before the Fajr prayer and two units of prayer before the morning prayer."  

أحمد:٥٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ

ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَبَادِرِ الصُّبْحَ بِرَكْعَةٍ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ  

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»