Sahih Muslim, 456
sahih'Amr b. Huwairith reported:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite in the morning prayer" Wa'l-lail-i-idhd 'As'asa" (ixxxi. 17).
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ بِشْرٍ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ سَرِيعٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ { وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ}
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 2Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-QatanBasra · d. 198 AH
- 3Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 4Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 5Mas'ar bin Kadamal-Kufa · d. 155 AH
- 6al-Walid bin Sry'al-Kufa
- 7'Amr bin Hurayth bin 'Amr bin 'UthmanHijaz,Kufa · d. 85 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 4, Hadith 185
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 919 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet's companions used to observe and learn from all of his acts to follow his guidance, especially in the acts of worship. They also used to transmit all of his details to all people. In this hadith, Amr ibn Huraith said that the Prophet once recited short Quranic suras in Fajr prayer (Dawn prayer). Amr reported that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) recite Surah At-Takwir during Fajr prayer. It is the sura that contains this verse, “And by the night as it closes in.” (Al-Takwir: 17) This was explained by An-Nasa’i’s narration in which Amr reported, “I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) recite in Fajr prayer, "When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]." All of the hadiths that clarified the Prophet's recitation in Fajr prayer showed that he may have recited long, short, or medium suras..