Hadith #337
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Arabic Text
قَالَ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ أَوْصَانِي أَبِي بِصَلَاةِ السَّحَرِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتْ إِنِّي لَا أُطِيقُهَا قَالَ فَانْظُرْ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَا تَدَعَنَّهُمَا وَلَا تَشْخَصَنَّ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ
English Translation
He [Salamah ibn Nubayṭ] said: 'My father advised me to pray the pre-dawn prayer (ṣalāt al-saḥar). I said: "O father, I cannot manage it." He said: "Then do not neglect the two rakʿahs before Fajr, and do not go out in times of tribulation (fitnah)."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 337
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17975
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54365