Sunan an-Nasa'i 1668
How to pray at night
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān and Muḥammad b. Ṣadaqah
- Muḥammad b. Ḥarb
- al-Zubaydī
- al-Zuhrī
- Sālim
- his father
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Prayers at night are two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one rak'ah."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن النسائي, p. 1667 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14013al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14022Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37552al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4643al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4843Musnad al-Bazzar 5450
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمٍكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 146 AH or 147 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said: 148 AH, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Baghdādī said: 149 AHالزُّبَيْدِيِّثقة ثبتعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 192 AH or 194 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍثقةحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 241 AH and 250 AHوَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَصدوقأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.