Hadith
Sahih Muslim #1656
The Book of Prayer - Travellers· كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها
sahih_muslim:1656حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الصُّبْحَ يُدْرِكُكَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ " . فَقِيلَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ مَا مَثْنَى مَثْنَى قَالَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ .
The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rak'ah. It was said to Ibn 'Umar: What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rak'ahs.
Chain 1·6 narrators
5
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “أن”
narrated to
4
Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab
ابن عمر يحدث
Sahabisahabi
Transmitted via “سمعت”
narrated to
3
عقبة بن حريث
عقبة بن حريث
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “سمعت”
narrated to
2
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
1
محمد بن جعفر
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna al-Kufi← Compiler
محمد بن المثنى
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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