سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
أبواب قيام الليل
Prayer (Abwab Qiyam ul Lail)
باب افْتِتَاحِ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ
Chapter: Starting The Night Prayer With Two Rak’ahs.
Hadith 1324
حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ رَبَاحِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : إِذَا بِمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ ، ثُمَّ لِيُطَوِّلْ بَعْدُ مَا شَاءَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، وَجَمَاعَة ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، أَوْقَفُوهُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ أَيُّوبُ ، وَابْنُ عَوْنٍ أَوْقَفُوهُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : فِيهِمَا تَجَوُّزٌ .
This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: He should then prolong it afterwards as much as he likes. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad bin Salamah, Zuhair bin Muawiyah and a group of narrators from Hisham. They transmitted it as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself (mauquf). This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Awn from Muhammad (b. Sirin). This version has the wordings: These two rak'ahs were short.
