Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 1267

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ صَلاَةُ الصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ صَلَّيْتُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا فَصَلَّيْتُهُمَا الآنَ ‏.‏ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ .‏

Translation

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Sa'd ibn Sa'id, who told me: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim narrated to me, from Qays ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man praying two rak'ahs after the dawn prayer. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘The dawn prayer is two rak'ahs.’ The man replied, ‘I had not prayed the two rak'ahs before it, so I prayed them now.’ The Messenger of Allah remained silent.