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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب قيام الليلPrayer (Abwab Qiyam ul Lail)
باب افْتِتَاحِ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِChapter: Starting The Night Prayer With Two Rak’ahs.
Hadith 1323
اُردوEn
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 " .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : Most likely, what is meant by this is the "greeting of ablution" (tahiyyat al-wudu), that is, first he should perform these two units (rak‘ahs), then begin the tahajjud prayer; or it refers to the tahajjud prayer itself, but that its beginning should be with a light (short) prayer. In another narration it is stated «ثم ليطول بعد ما شاء» meaning, after that he may lengthen (the prayer) as much as he wishes.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
The first two units (rak‘ahs) of the Tahajjud prayer should be performed lightly; this applies to certain occasions, and at other times the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would perform the first two units of Tahajjud for a longer duration. [صحيح مسلم : 763، 1792]
The first two units (rak‘ahs) of the Tahajjud prayer should be performed lightly; this applies to certain occasions, and at other times the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would perform the first two units of Tahajjud for a longer duration. [صحيح مسلم : 763، 1792]
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 1014
