Azami 2939

Muslim narrated it in "The Prayer of Travelers" (717) from Yahya bin Yahya, "Yazid bin Zuray informed us, from Saeed Jariri, from Abdullah bin Shaqiq," with the same wording.The hadith of Ayesha should be understood in light of it, as narrated by Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (2531). She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered my house and prayed Duha, eight units."Among its narrators is Muttalib bin Abdullah bin Hantab, who narrates from Ayesha, though there is disagreement about whether he actually heard from her, with most scholars holding that he did not. Abu Hatim said, "He did not meet Ayesha, and most of his hadiths are mursal." Abu Zura said, "I hope that he heard from her."It is established in Sahih Muslim that she said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Duha four units, and add as much as he wished," and perhaps by this addition she meant these eight.Scholars hold several views on reconciling Ayesha's statements, see Fath al-Bari (3/56). The most famous of these is what Ibn Hibban stated in his Sahih (6/271), "Ayesha's affirmation that the Chosen One ﷺ prayed Duha was meant to refer to praying it at home, not in the masjid with the congregation, for he ﷺ said, 'The best of your prayers are those performed in your homes, except the obligatory prayer.'" End of quote.Hafiz said, after attributing this reconciliation to Muhibb Tabari and noting that he had taken it from Ibn Hibban's statement, "This is complicated by the hadith under discussion here, namely her statement, 'I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform the Duha prayer, yet I perform it.'" He said, "The response to this is that what is being denied is a specific manner of performing it." End of quote.