al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4744
✧ The collective chapters on voluntary prayer and the night prayer of the month of Ramadan
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( أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ، أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، أَنْبَأَ يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي، ثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، ثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، ( ح ) وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَنْبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَدْلُ، ثَنَا أَبِي، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَنْبَأَ هُشَيْمٌ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو حُرَّةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ:
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لِيُصَلِّيَ افْتَتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ
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Chain of narrators
- [Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muqriʾ Anbaʾ al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq Anbaʾ Yūsuf al-Qāḍī
- Abū al-Rabīʿ
- Hushaym [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Anbaʾ Ibrāhīm b. ʿIṣmah b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAdl
- my father
- Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá Anbaʾ Hushaym Anbaʾ Abū Ḥurrah
- al-Ḥasan
- Saʿd b. Hishām
- ʿĀʾishah
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When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up at night to pray, he would begin his prayer with two light rak'ahs.
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Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 AH and 90 AHسَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AHالْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلسعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), devout worshipper, he used to practise concealment (tadlīs) from al-Ḥasand. 122 AH, or 152 AHأَبُو حُرَّةَصدوق عابد ، وكان يدلس عن الحسنأنبأ
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AHهُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفيأنبأ
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an imam (imām).d. 226 AH, or 224 AH, or 225 AH; both of the latter two are mistaken.يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَىثقة ثبت إمام .حدثنا
- d. 280 AHأَبِيحدثنا
- d. 342 AHإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَدْلُأنبأ
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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