Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1400
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُصْمٍ أَبِي عُلْوَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أُمِرَ نَبِيُّكُمْ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِخَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَنَازَلَ رَبَّكُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ .
Translation
Abu Bakr ibn Khallad al-Bahili narrated to us; Abu al-Walid narrated to us; Sharik narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Usm Abu ‘Ulwan, from Ibn Abbas, who said: Your Prophet was commanded to perform fifty prayers, then he negotiated with your Lord until He made them five prayers.