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tabarani:9430Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malaṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū al-ʿUmays > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad

[Machine] Abdullah used to not pray the Fajr prayer regularly, but when he did, he would pray the Witr prayer before the Rak'ah.  

الطبراني:٩٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلَطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَقْنُتُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَإِذَا قَنَتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرَّكْعَةِ»  


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tabarani:9165ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father

[Machine] Abdullah used to not consistently observe any act of worship except for performing the Witr prayer before the rak'ah.  

الطبراني:٩١٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَقْنُتُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ إِلَّا فِي الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ الرَّكْعَةِ»  

tabarani:9166Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malaṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū al-ʿUmays > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father

[Machine] Abdullah used to not perform the morning prayer regularly, and when he did, he would perform the Witr prayer before the last unit.  

الطبراني:٩١٦٦حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلَطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَقْنُتُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَإِذَا قَنَتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرَّكْعَةِ»  

tabarani:9432ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād > Abū Ḥamzah > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] He used to offer voluntary prayers before the bowing (rak'ahs) in a prayer, but he did not offer voluntary prayers before the morning prayer.  

الطبراني:٩٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّهُ «كَانَ يَقْنُتُ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَلَا يَقْنُتُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ»