This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad b. Salamah, Zuhair b. Mu'awiyah and a group of narrators from Hisham. They transmitted it as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself (mauquf).
This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Awn from Muhammad (b. Sirin). This version has the wordings: These two rak'ahs were short.
Grade: | Sahih Mauquf (Al-Albani) | صحيح موقوف (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1324 |
In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 75 |
English translation | : Book 5, Hadith 1319 |