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tabarani:19720Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Yūsuf b. ʿAdī > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, informed me that the Prophet ﷺ used to pray two voluntary units before the dawn prayer, and he would make them short.  

الطبراني:١٩٧٢٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يُخَفِّفُهُمَا»