5/27. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1349 — Hadith Transmission Note
On The Night Prayer
Hadith Transmission Note: Aishah's Night Prayer Report
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1349
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1349
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَلَيْسَ فِي تَمَامِ حَدِيثِهِمْ .
A'isha Narrated from:
This tradition has also been transmitted by 'Aishah through a different chain of narrators. But the tradition narrated by Hammad b. Salamah is not equal to the tradition narrated by others.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1349In-book reference : Book 5, Hadith 100English translation : Book 5, Hadith 1344
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1349
This Hadith is not a full new description of the Prophet's night prayer. It is a transmission note. It says that the same tradition was also transmitted from Aishah through another chain of narrators. Then it adds that the tradition narrated by Hammad b. Salamah is not equal to the tradition narrated by others. For readers searching for hadith narration chain, Aishah night prayer hadith, or Hammad b. Salamah narration, the point is about how this report reached the collectors and how its wording is compared. The safest explanation is to stay with the text: it records a related chain and marks a difference from the fuller reports.
What we learn from this hadith
- This text is mainly about transmission, not a new prayer method.
- It links the report back to Aishah through a different chain.
- The narration of Hammad b. Salamah is said not to be equal to the others.
- The Hadith shows that differences between reports were noted carefully.
