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tabarani:408 – Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Zibraqān > Zuhrah > Usāmah

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ prayed four [rakʿahs] before Zuhr. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1258)   

الطبراني:٤٠٨ – وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ زِبْرَقَانَ عَنْ زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَجِيرِ»  

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ahmad:1258 – Abū Nuʿaym > Misʿar > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim > ʿAlī

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ prayed four [rakʿahs] before Zuhr.  

أحمد:١٢٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ