Musnad Ahmad 1234

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

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✧ Ali was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: He used to pray sixteen rak'ahs at night.

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ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib
One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرة
سئل
ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah al-Salūlī
truthful (ṣadūq)d. 74 AH
عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَصدوق
عن
Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī
Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AH
أَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخره
عن
Abū ʿAwānah
trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
حدثنا
al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī
trustworthy (thiqah)d. 237 AH, or: 238 AH
الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِثقة
حدثني
ʿAbdullāh
trustworthy (thiqah)d. 290 AH, or 297
عَبْدُ اللهِثقة

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