صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب الدُّعَاءِ فِي صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَقِيَامِهِ:Chapter: The prayer and the supplication of the Prophet (saws) at night
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.
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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
