Sunan Abi Dawud Book 5, Hadith 75

He should then prolong it afterwards as much as he likes.

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.

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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 5, Hadith 74


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The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked: which is the best action? He replied: To stand in prayer for a long time.

Sunan Abi Dawud Book 5, Hadith 76