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Ibn Majah: Hadith 1400

5. Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

سنن ابن ماجه

1400
Ibn Majah
Sahih (Darussalam)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُصْمٍ أَبِي عُلْوَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أُمِرَ نَبِيُّكُمْ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِخَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَنَازَلَ رَبَّكُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ ‏.‏
It was narrated that Ibn "Abbas said:
"Your Prophet (ﷺ) was enjoined to do fifty prayers but he returned to your Lord to make (i.e., reduce) them to five prayers."
Reference: English : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1400
Arabic : Book 5, Hadith 1464