Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1197
وَعَن زيد بن خَالِد الْجُهَنِيّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَأَرْمُقَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا [ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا] ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ قَوْله: ثمَّ صلى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وهما دون اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ هَكَذَا فِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ وأفراده من كتاب الْحميدِي وموطأ مَالك وَسنَن أبي دَاوُد وجامع الْأُصُول
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani said: I resolved to watch the prayer of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, one night. He prayed two brief rakahs, then two rakahs, long, long, long. Then he prayed two rakahs shorter than the two before them; then two rakahs shorter than the two before them; then two rakahs shorter than the two before them; then two rakahs shorter than the two before them. Then he prayed witr, making thirteen rakahs altogether. Muslim transmitted it.
The phrase, Then he prayed two rakahs shorter than the two before them, occurs four times. This is how it appears in Sahih Muslim. It is also cited individually in the book by al-Humaydi, the Muwatta of Malik, the Sunan of Abu Dawud, and Jami al-Usul.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وأفراده
The bibliographic force of the word أفراده is unclear in this context.
Does أفراده mean the report occurs individually in these works, or is another bibliographic sense intended?