Five As Fifty

5-6 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

5-7 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father (ra) narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari quoted Muawiyah ibn Hakeem, on the authority of Ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Abil Hassan al-Azdi that Abi Abdullah (AS) said, “