Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 5 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayersافْتِتَاحِ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Starting The Night Prayer With Two Rak'ahs
The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.