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 1324
اُردوEn
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.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1324. Commentary: Benefit: When beginning the Tahajjud prayer, it is recommended (mustahabb) to first perform two light and brief units (rak‘ahs), and this is established from the regular practice of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). This brings alertness and energy to the disposition. After that, one may continue to perform as long a prayer as one wishes.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1324
