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كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَادَةَ الْوَاسِطِيَّانِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ رَمَقْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ شَهْرًا فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} .
“I watched the Prophet (ﷺ) for a month, and in the two Rak’ah before Fajr he used to recite: “Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.” [Al- Ikhlas (112)]
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- Hadith 1148
“Say: ‘O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.” [Al-Ikhlas (112)]
- Hadith 1150
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- Hadith 1147
“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform two Rak’ah at the time of the Iqamah.”
- Hadith 1151
“Once the Iqamah has been called, there should be no prayer but the obligatory one.” Another chain with similar wording.
- Hadith 1146
“When he performed ablution the Prophet (ﷺ) would pray two (short) Rak’ah and then go out for the prayer.”
- Hadith 1152
“Which of your two prayers did you intend to be counted (i.e., accepted)?”