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597. Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The Ṣalāt during the night and the day is two and two." (Hasan)
Abū 'Eisā said: The companions of Shu'bah differed over the Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar; some of them narrated it Marfū', and some of them Mawqūf. It was reported from 'Abdullāh Al-'Umarī, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ and it is similar to this.
What is Ṣahīh is the one that is reported from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "The Ṣalāt of the night is two and two."
Trustworthy narrators reported it from 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar from the Prophet ﷺ and they did not mention the Ṣalāt of the night in it.
It has been reported from 'Ubaidullāh, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, that he would pray during the night two and two, and during the day in fours.
The people of knowledge differed about that, some of them thought that during the night and the day the Ṣalāt should be two and two, and this is the view of Ash-Shāfi'i, and Aḥmad. Some of them said that Ṣalāt in the night is two and two, and they thought that the voluntary Ṣalāt in the day is four, like the four before Zuhr or other voluntary prayers. This is the saying
of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, and Ishāq.
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Commentary
It is better to perform Sunnah and voluntary prayer of the day or night in sets of two, however praying four Rak'ah together with one final salutation (making Tashah-hud after two Rak'ah) is also allowed.
