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abudawud:1318 – Abū Tawbah > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

When he was with me he would sleep at dawn. By this she referred to the Prophet ﷺ.  

أبو داود:١٣١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفَاهُ السَّحَرُ عِنْدِي إِلاَّ نَائِمًا تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

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bukhari:1133 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Dhakar Abū > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

In my house he (Prophet ﷺ ) never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.  

البخاري:١١٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفَاهُ السَّحَرُ عِنْدِي إِلاَّ نَائِمًا تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

muslim:742 – Abū Kurayb > Ibn Bishr > Misʿar > Saʿd > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

Never did the earlier part of the dawn find the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but sleeping in my house or near me.  

مسلم:٧٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّحَرُ الأَعْلَى فِي بَيْتِي أَوْ عِنْدِي إِلاَّ نَائِمًا  

ahmad:26325 – Yaʿqūb from my father from his father > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

When he was with me he would sleep at dawn. By this she referred to the Prophet ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1318)  

أحمد:٢٦٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفَاهُ السَّحَرَ الْآخِرَ عِنْدِي إِلَّا نَائِمًاتَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

ahmad:25278 – ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Misʿar > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I did not recognize him through any other means except by magic; he was asleep next to me. I mean the Prophet ﷺ.  

أحمد:٢٥٢٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفِيتُهُ بِالسَّحَرِ الْآخِرِ إِلَّا نَائِمًا عِنْدِي تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ آخِرَ صَلَاتِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ نَوْمَةً خَفِيفَةً قَبْلَ انْفِجَارِ الصُّبْحِ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيَالِي دُونَ بَعْضٍ

ibnhibban:2637 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī And Jumʿah b. ʿAbdullāh al-Balkhī > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father from his uncle Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

When he was with me he would sleep at dawn. By this she referred to the Prophet ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1318)  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ وَجُمْعَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا أَلْفَاهُ السَّحَرَ عِنْدِي إِلَّا نَائِمًا» يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ