Sunan Abi Dawud 1324

سنن أبي داود#1324Sahih

This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:He should then prolong it afterwards as much as he likes. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad b. Salamah, Zuhair b. Mu'awiyah and a group of narrators from Hisham. They transmitted it as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself (mauquf). This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Awn from Muhammad (b. Sirin). This version has the wordings: These two rak'ahs were short

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniSahih Muquf
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih Muquf
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih

In-book reference: 5:75