Muwatta 337

الموطأ 337 — عائشة: كان يخفف ركعتي الفجر حتى أقول أقرأ بأم القرآن أم لا

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«إن كان رسول الله ليخفف ركعتي الفجر حتى إني لأقول: أقرأ بأم القرآن أم لا؟»

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. Aisha bint Abi Bakr
  4. Muhammad

Summary

A report that Malik transmits as a mursal from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Aisha, in the chapter on the two dawn rak'as: the Prophet ﷺ made the two dawn rak'as so light that Aisha wondered whether he recited the Opening chapter in them. The editor notes that Abu Mus'ab and Suwayd transmitted it, and that it is connected in the Sahihayn through Yahya ibn Sa'id from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Asad ibn Zurara from Amra from Aisha. 1

Place in the museum

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Aisha bint Abi Bakr and Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Qays al-Ansari. Built on in the chapters on prayer.

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

People and things also explored

Muwatta 4· 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.186
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