The hadith of Muthanna Muthanna: Is it regarding the manner of the night prayer or its number?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: One of the students of knowledge stated that the hadith of Muthanna Muthanna concerns the manner of the night prayer, not its number, and that the number of the night prayer was explicitly stated in the hadith of Aisha, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exceed eleven rak'ahs. Is what he mentioned correct?
Answer:
Yes, this is what the hadiths indicate. What he mentioned is what the hadiths point to, that it does not exceed eleven rak'ahs. Thirteen rak'ahs are narrated, if you add to it the two light rak'ahs that are prayed before the tahajjud, which al-Shawkani called the opening of the tahajjud. If you add them to the eleven, it becomes thirteen. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: One of the students of knowledge stated that the hadith of Muthanna Muthanna concerns the manner of the night prayer, not its number, and that the number of the night prayer was explicitly stated in the hadith of Aisha, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exceed eleven rak'ahs. Is what he mentioned correct?
Answer:
Yes, this is what the hadiths indicate. What he mentioned is what the hadiths point to, that it does not exceed eleven rak'ahs. Thirteen rak'ahs are narrated, if you add to it the two light rak'ahs that are prayed before the tahajjud, which al-Shawkani called the opening of the tahajjud. If you add them to the eleven, it becomes thirteen. Yes.
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (43:37)
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