Hadith
Sahih Muslim #1699
The Book of Prayer - Travellers· كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها
sahih_muslim:1699وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلاَتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.
Chain 1·5 narrators
4
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
أبي هريرة
Sahabithiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
هشام
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
0
Abu Usāmah← Compiler
أبو أسامة
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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