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Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, "We prayed subh behind Umar ibn al-Khattab and he recited suraYusuf (Sura 12) and surat al- Hajj (Sura 22) slowly." I (Hisham's father) said, "By Allah, then it must have been his habit to get up at the crack of dawn." He said, "Of course

وحدثني عن مالك، عن هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، انه سمع عبد الله بن عامر بن ربيعة، يقول صلينا وراء عمر بن الخطاب الصبح فقرا فيها بسورة يوسف وسورة الحج قراءة بطيية فقلت والله اذا لقد كان يقوم حين يطلع الفجر . قال اجل