Sahih Muslim #1575

The Book of Prayer - Travellers
Sahih

The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ إِذَا سَمِعَ الأَذَانَ وَيُخَفِّفُهُمَا ‏.‏
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe two rak'ahs of Sunnah (prayer) when he heard the Adhin and shortened them.
Narrated by 'A'isha reported:

Context

In this hadith, 'A'isha describes how the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) would perform the two rak'ahs of Sunnah prayer after hearing the Adhan for Fajr. He would shorten these rak'ahs, demonstrating a balance between fulfilling religious obligations and accommodating the needs of the congregation.

Modern Application

In daily salah, many Muslims practice the Sunnah prayers before the obligatory ones. This hadith encourages believers to maintain the Sunnah while also being mindful of time, especially in the early morning hours.

Topics

This hadith is tagged with Prayer because it illustrates the practice of performing Sunnah prayers and the Prophet's (ﷺ) approach to them.

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And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.
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And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing.
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So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon.

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This hadith is #1575 from Sahih Muslim, in the Book of The Book of Prayer - Travellers. It is graded Sahih and narrated by 'A'isha reported:.

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