'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rak'ahs.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 767 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 234 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1689 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 768 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 235 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1690 |
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Ibn `Abbas reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got up during the night to pray, he used to say:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 769a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 236 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1691 |
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas through another chain of transmitters and with slight alteration of two words. Instead of the word Qayyam (Supporter, as used in the above hadith here the word) Qayyim (the Custodian) has been used, and he (further said):
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 769b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 237 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1692 |
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This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Abbas by another chain of transmitters and the words are nearly the same (as recorded in the above-mentioned hadith).
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 769c |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 238 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1693 |
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'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 770 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 239 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1694 |
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'Ali b. Abu Talib reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got up at night for prayer he would say:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 771a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 240 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1695 |
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A'raj reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) would start the prayer, he would pronounce takbir (Allah-o-Akbar) and then say:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 771b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 241 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1696 |
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Hudhaifa reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 772 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 242 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1697 |
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'Abdullah reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 773a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 243 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1698 |
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A hadith like this has been narrated by A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 773b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 244 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1699 |
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'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that a mention was made of a man who slept the whole night till morning. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 774 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 245 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1700 |
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Husain b. 'Ali narrated on the authority of (his father) 'Ali b. Abu Talib that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) came one night to see him ('Ali) and Fatimah (the daughter of the Holy Prophet) and said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 775 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 246 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1701 |
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Abu Huraira transmitted it from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him):
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 776 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 247 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1702 |
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Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 777a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 248 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1703 |
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Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 777b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 249 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1704 |
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Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 778 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 250 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1705 |
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Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 779 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 251 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1706 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 780 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 252 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1707 |
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Zaid b. Thabit reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 781a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 253 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1708 |
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Zaid b. Thabit reported that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) made an apartment in the mosque of mats, and he observed in it prayers for many nights till people began to gather around him, and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this addition:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 781b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 254 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1709 |
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'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) had a mat and he used it for making an apartment during the night and observed prayer in it, and the people began to pray with him, and he spread it (the mat) during the day time. The people crowded round him one night. He (the Holy Prophet) then said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 782a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 255 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1710 |
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'A'isha is reported to have said that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) was asked about the act most pleasing to Allah. He replied:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 782b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 256 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1711 |
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Alqama reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 783a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 257 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1712 |
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'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 783b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 258 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1713 |
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Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) entered the mosque (and he found) a rope tied between the two pillars; so he said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 784a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 259 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1714 |
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A hadith like this has been narrated from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) on the authority of Anas by another chain of transmitters.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 784b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 260 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1715 |
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'Urwa b. Zubair reported that 'A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), told him that (once) Haula' dint Tuwait b. Habib b. Asad b. 'Abd al-'Uzzi passed by her (at the time) when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) was with her. I ('A'Isha) said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 785a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 261 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1716 |
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'A'isha said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 785b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 262 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1717 |
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'A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 786 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 263 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1718 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 787 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 264 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1719 |
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'A'isha reported that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) heard a person reciting the Qur'an at night. Upon this he said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 788a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 265 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1720 |
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'A'isha reported that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) listened to the recitation of the Qur'an by a man in the mosque. Thereupon he said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 788b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 266 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1721 |
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'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 789a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 267 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1722 |
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This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Umar from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), but in the hadith transmited by Musa b. 'Uqba, this addition is made:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 789b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 268 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1723 |
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'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 790a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 269 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1724 |
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'Abdullah is reported to have said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 790b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 270 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1725 |
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Ibn Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 790c |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 271 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1726 |
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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 791 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 272 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1727 |
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Abu Huraira reported this directly from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him):
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 792a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 273 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1728 |
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This hadith has been narrated by Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters with words:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 792b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 274 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1729 |
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Abu Huraira is reported to have heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 792c |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 275 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1730 |
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This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters by Ibn al-Had except this that Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying and he did not say:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 793a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 276 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1731 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 793b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 277 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1732 |
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This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters but with a slight modification of words.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 793c |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 278 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1733 |
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Buraida reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) had said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 793d |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 279 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1734 |
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Abu Burda narrated on the authority of Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) had said to Abu Musa:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 793e |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 280 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1735 |
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Mu'awiya b. Qurra reported 'Abdullah b. Mughaffal al-Muzani as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 794a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 281 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1736 |
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Mu'awiya b. Qurra is reported to have heard 'Abdullah b. Mughaffal as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 794b |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 282 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1737 |
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Al-Bara' reported that a person was reciting Surat al-Kahf and there was a horse tied with two ropes at his side, a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer his horse began to take fright from it. He went and mentioned that to the Prophet (may peace be upon him) in the morning, and he (the Holy Prophet) said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 795a |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 284 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1739 |
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