The reciter: And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us, both saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated from 'Amr ibn Murrah from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, who said:
I have never heard anyone mention seeing the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) performing the mid¬morning ritual prayer except Umm Hani (may Allah the Exalted be well pleased with her). “She related that Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) entered her house on the Day of the Conquest of Mecca, whereupon he performed the major ritual ablution and glorified Allah in eight cycles. I never saw him (Allah bless him and give him peace) perform a ritual prayer in a more abbreviated form than that, even though he completed the bowing [ruku] and the prostration [sujud]!”
ما أخبرني أحد أنه رأى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم يصلي الضحى إلا أم هانئ فإنها حدثت أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلّم دخل بيتها يوم فتح مكة فصلى ثماني ركعات ما رأيته صلى صلاة قط أخف منها غير أنه كان يتم الركوع والسجود Ibn Bashshar did not mention the word
ever
قط
in his narration.
