A SUNNAH OF IMMENSE REWARD: 4 RAK‘ĀT AFTER THE FARḌ OF ‘ISHĀ’
Muḥammad ibn al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī narrated to us: He said: Mahdī ibn Ḥafṣ narrated to us: He said: Isḥāq al-Azraq narrated to us from Abū Ḥanīfah from Muḥārib ibn Dithār from Ibn ‘Umar: He said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said:
“Whoever prays ‘Ishā’ in congregation, and prays four rak‘āt before leaving the masjid, it will be equal to [praying them on] Laylat al-Qadr.”
● [المعجم الأوسط للطبراني ٥:٢٥٤]
Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr رضي الله عنه said:
من صلى أربعا بعد العشاء كن كقدرهن من ليلة القدر
“Whoever prays four [rak‘āt] after ‘Ishā’, they will be like the equivalent of them on Laylat al-Qadr.”
● [المصنف لابن أبي شيبة ٥:١٠٠]
Ā’ishah رضي الله عنها said:
أربعة بعد العشاء يعدلن بمثلهن من ليلة القدر
“Four [rak‘āt] after ‘Ishā’ equate to the like of them on Laylat al-Qadr.”
● [المصنف لابن أبي شيبة ٥:١٠٠]
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd رضي الله عنه said:
من صلى أربعا بعد العشاء لم يفصل بينهن بتسليم عدلن بمثلهن من ليلة القدر
“Whoever prays four [rak‘āt] after ‘Ishā’, not separating them by salām, they will equate to the like of them on Laylat al-Qadr.”
● [المصنف لابن أبي شيبة ٥:١٠٠]