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The Night PrayersAre Two By Two, And Witr IsOne Rak'ah At The End Of theNight

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Darussalam · Volume 2

6. The Book Of The Travellers' Prayer And Shortening Thereof

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 519

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[1761] 157 - (...) It was narrated that Anas bin Sîrîn said: "I asked Ibn 'Umar: 'Do you think that in the two Rak'ah before Al-Ghadâh (Fajr) prayer I should recite for a long time?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to pray two by two at night, then he would pray Witr with one Rak'ah. He said: 'It is not about this that I was asking.' He said: 'You are dense. Why don't you let me narrate the Hadîth in full? The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to pray two by two at night, then he would pray Witr with one Rak'ah, then he would pray two Rak'ah before Al-Ghadâh (Fajr) as if the Iqâmah was in his ears.” Khalf (one of the narrators) said: “Before Al-Ghadâh” and he did not mention: “prayer.”

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157 - (749) حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، قُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، أَأُطِيلُ فِيهِمَا الْقِرَاءَةَ؟ قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ عَنْ هَذَا أَسْأَلُكَ، قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَضَخْمٌ، أَلَا تَدَعُنِي أَسْتَقْرِئُ لَكَ الْحَدِيثَ، «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ، وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ كَأَنَّ الْأَذَانَ بِأُذُنَيْهِ». قَالَ خَلَفٌ: أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ صَلَاةِ.

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