Muwatta 4

الموطأ 4 — النساء ينصرفن من الصبح متلفعات بمروطهن

A'isha: the dawn prayer used to be held in the last darkness of night, and the women would leave wrapped in their garments, unrecognized by anyone in the dark.

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«إن كان رسول الله يصلي الصبح فينصرف النساء متلفعات بمروطهن ما يعرفن من الغلس»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

Chain of transmission

  1. Malik ibn Anas
  2. Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari
  3. Amra bint Abd al-Rahman
  4. Aisha bint Abi Bakr
  5. Muhammad

Summary

A report that Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari from Amra bint Abd al-Rahman from Aisha, in the chapter on the times of prayer: the Prophet ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer at the start of its time, until women left wrapped in their cloaks and could not be recognised in the remaining darkness of night. 1 2

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Part of
Muwatta, Book of Prayer
Mentions
Muhammad· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari· Amra bint Abd al-Rahman
Basis for
Salah (the prescribed prayer)

People and things also explored

Muwatta 337· Muwatta 2· Muwatta 157· Muwatta 172· Muwatta 198· Muwatta 211· Muwatta 213· Muwatta 243

Sources

  1. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.35
  2. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.36
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