Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 5: On Five-Numbered Characteristics د بن جعفر البندار قال: حدثني أبوالقاس٠قال: حدثنا أبوزكريا يحيى بن الفضل الوراق قال: حدثنا يحيى بن ٠وسى قال: حدثنا عبدالرزاق قال: أخبرنا ٠ر، عن الزهري، عن أنس قال: فرضت على النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ليلة اسري به الصلاة خ٠د إنه لا يبدل القول لدي بأن لك بهذه الخ٠5-6 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bandar narrated that Abul Qasim Sa’id ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Salim quoted Abu Zakarya Yahya ibn al-Fazl al-Var’raq, on the authority of Yahya ibn Musa, on the authority of Abdul Raz’zaq, on the authority of Mu’amir, on the authority of Al-Zuhra, on the authority of Ans, “On the night of Ascension it became incumbent upon the Prophet (MGB) to say fifty units of prayers.

Then it was reduced to five units. There came a call saying, ‘O Muhammad! My Orders should not be changed. Saying five units of prayers is as if saying fifty units.’”