He (Ibn Ḥazm) further held that ritual purification is not a prerequisite for anything short of that standard—neither for the funeral prayer nor for any other act. This position is likewise unsound, for the report on which it relies is weak.

The wording that appears in the sound collections, transmitted by trustworthy narrators, is: “The night prayer is offered two by two.”

As for the additional phrase “and the prayers of the day,” it is a lone addition transmitted only by al-Bariqi,