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[Machine] About the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said, "There was no prayer more appropriate for him to delay than when it was close to the time of the last night prayer. I never saw him pray it except that he would enter upon me and pray it afterwards, either four or six (units of prayer). I never saw him prostrating on the ground for anything, except that I remember that on a rainy day we put a piece of cotton underneath it, and it was as if I could see water gushing out of it."  

أحمد:٢٤٣٠٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِىءٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ لَمْ تَكُنْ صَلَاةٌ أَحْرَى أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهَا إِذَا كَانَ عَلَى حَدِيثٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَمَا صَلَّاهَا قَطُّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا صَلَّى بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا أَوْ سِتًّا وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَتَّقِي الْأَرْضَ بِشَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنِّي أَذْكُرُ أَنَّ يَوْمَمَطَرٍ أَلْقَيْنَا تَحْتَهُ بَتًّا فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى خَرْقٍ فِيهِ يَنْبُعُ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ