He spent (one night) in the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He (the Holy Prophet) got up, brushed his teeth and performed ablution and said: "In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, there are indeed signs for people of understanding" (al-Qur'an, iii. 190), to the end of the Surah. He then stood up and prayed two rakʿahs, standing, bowing and prostrating himself at length in them. Then he finished, went to sleep and snored. He did that three times, six rakʿahs altogether, each time cleaning his teeth, performing ablution, and reciting these verses. Then he observed three rakʿahs of Witr. The Mu'adhdhin then pronounced the Adhan and he went out for prayer and was saying: "O Allah! place light in my heart, light in my tongue, place light in my hearing, place light in my eyesight, place light behind me, and light in front of me, and place light above me, and light below me. O Allah! grant me light."  

أَنَّهُ رَقَدَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَسَوَّكَ وَتَوَضَّأَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ { إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لآيَاتٍ لأُولِي الأَلْبَابِ} فَقَرَأَ هَؤُلاَءِ الآيَاتِ حَتَّى خَتَمَ السُّورَةَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَطَالَ فِيهِمَا الْقِيَامَ وَالرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَسْتَاكُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَقْرَأُ هَؤُلاَءِ الآيَاتِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ فَأَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا وَفِي لِسَانِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ خَلْفِي نُورًا وَمِنْ أَمَامِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِي نُورًا وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُورًا  

[Machine] "He spent the night next to the Prophet ﷺ, and when he woke up from his sleep, he took his toothbrush (miswak) and used it, then performed ablution. While doing so, he recited the verse (In the creation of the heavens and the earth) [Al-Baqarah 2:164] until he finished reciting the entire chapter. Then, he performed two units of prayer (rak'ahs), prolonging his standing, bowing, and prostration. After that, he left until I heard the sound of snoring. Then, he woke up, used the toothbrush, performed ablution, and recited the same verse until he did that three times. He then performed an optional prayer of three units (rak'ahs), and Bilal the caller to prayer came to him. He went out for prayer while saying, 'O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light in front of me, light behind me, light to my right, light to my left, light above me, and light beneath me. O Allah, grant me immense light.'"  

أَنَّهُ بَاتَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِفَأَخَذَ سِوَاكَهُ فَاسْتَاكَ بِهِ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ {إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ} [البقرة 164] حَتَّى قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ وَانْتَهَى عِنْدَ آخِرِ السُّورَةِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَطَالَ فِيهِمَا الْقِيَامَ وَالرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ نَفْخَ النَّوْمِ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَاسْتَاكَ وَتَوَضَّأَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ حَتَّى فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ أَمَامِي نُورًا وَخَلْفِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ عَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا وَعَنْ شِمَالِي نُورًا وَفَوْقِي نُورًا وَتَحْتِي نُورًا اللهُمَّ أَعْظِمْ لِي نُورًا