The Book of Prayer - Travellers

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Abu Dharr reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘In the morning, charity is due from every joint of each of you. Every glorification of Allah is charity; every praise of Him is charity; every declaration of His oneness is charity; every magnification of Him is charity; enjoining what is right is charity; and forbidding what is wrong is charity. Two rak'ahs prayed in the forenoon suffice for all of that.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported: My close friend (the Prophet ﷺ) advised me to do three things: fast three days each month, pray two rak'ahs in the forenoon, and perform the witr prayer before I sleep.

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A similar hadith was narrated from Abu Hurayrah through another chain.

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Abu Hurayrah reported: My close friend, Abu al-Qasim (ﷺ), instructed me to do three things. The rest of the hadith is like the report of Abu Uthman from Abu Hurayrah.

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Abu Murrah, the freedman of Umm Hani, reported from Abu al-Darda: My beloved (ﷺ) instructed me in three things that I will never abandon as long as I live: fasting three days each month, praying the forenoon prayer, and not going to sleep before performing the witr prayer.

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Ibn Umar reported that Hafsah, the Mother of the Believers, told him: When the muezzin had finished the call for the dawn prayer and dawn had appeared, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed two brief rak'ahs before the obligatory prayer was commenced.

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This hadith was also narrated from Nafi through the same chain as Malik's report.

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Hafsah reported that when dawn broke, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed only two brief rak'ahs.

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A similar hadith was narrated by Shu'bah through the same chain.

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Hafsah reported that when dawn had become bright, the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed two rak'ahs.

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Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray two sunnah rak'ahs of dawn when he heard the call to prayer, keeping them brief.

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This hadith was narrated through the same chain. In Abu Usamah's narration, the wording is, ‘When dawn broke.’

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Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray two voluntary rak'ahs between the call to prayer and the iqamah for the dawn prayer.

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Aisha used to say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray the two rak'ahs of dawn very briefly, so much so that I would wonder whether he had recited the Opening of the Book in them.

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Aisha reported: When dawn broke, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed two rak'ahs. I would wonder whether he recited the Opening of the Book in them.

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Aisha reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) was not as consistent in any voluntary prayers as he was in the two rak'ahs before dawn.

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Aisha reported: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) hasten to perform any voluntary prayer as much as he hastened to pray the two rak'ahs before dawn.

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Aisha reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘The two rak'ahs before dawn are better than the world and all it contains.’

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Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said about the two rak'ahs at dawn: ‘They are dearer to me than the whole world.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited in the two rak'ahs before dawn: ‘Say: O disbelievers’ (Quran 109) and ‘Say: He is Allah, One’ (Quran 112).