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ahmad:25329ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray long standing prayers at night and long sitting prayers at night. I asked, "How did he used to do that?" She said, "When he recited while standing, he performed two units of prayer while standing, and when he recited while sitting, he performed two units of prayer while sitting."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  


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muslim:730bQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Budayl And ʾAyyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray in the night for a long time, and when he prayed standing be bowed in a standing posture, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed in a sitting posture.  

مسلم:٧٣٠bحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ وَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

muslim:730dAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿādh b. Muʿādh > Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the night (i. e. Tahajjud prayer) She replied: He used to pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting in the night, and when he recited the Qur'an while standing, he would bow himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow from the sitting position.  

مسلم:٧٣٠dوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَائِمًا وَلَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

nasai:1646Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Budayl And ʾAyyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray for a long time at night. If he started to pray standing, he would bow standing and if he started to pray sitting, he would bow sitting."  

النسائي:١٦٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ وَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

abudawud:955Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Budayl b. Maysarah And ʾAyyūb Yuḥaddithān > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing, he bowed standing, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed sitting.  

أبو داود:٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بُدَيْلَ بْنَ مَيْسَرَةَ وَأَيُّوبَ يُحَدِّثَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَائِمًا وَلَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

ibnmajah:1228Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿādh b. Muʿādh > Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

“I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: ‘He used to pray for a long time at night standing up, and for a long time at night sitting down. If he prayed standing, he would bow standing, and if he prayed sitting, he would bow sitting.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَائِمًا وَلَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

ahmad:26039Muʿādh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq al-ʿUqaylī > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

“I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: ‘He used to pray for a long time at night standing up, and for a long time at night sitting down. If he prayed standing, he would bow standing, and if he prayed sitting, he would bow sitting.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1228)   

أحمد:٢٦٠٣٩حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ جَالِسًا رَكَعَ جَالِسًا  

ahmad:24822Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Zubayrī a freed slave of Banī Asad > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray long nights, both standing and sitting. I asked: "So how did he perform his prayers?" She said: "When he recited while standing, he would perform a raka'a while standing, and when he recited while sitting, he would perform a raka'a while sitting."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ مَوْلَى بَنِي أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا جَالِسًا قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ جَالِسًا رَكَعَ جَالِسًا  

ahmad:25904Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the (optional) rakahs while reciting standing, and when he recited while sitting, he performed the rakahs while sitting."  

أحمد:٢٥٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا بُدَيْلُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَقَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

ahmad:25992Yazīd > Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

“I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: ‘He used to pray for a long time at night standing up, and for a long time at night sitting down. If he prayed standing, he would bow standing, and if he prayed sitting, he would bow sitting.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1228)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٩٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا وَيُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

ahmad:24669Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt

“I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: ‘He used to pray for a long time at night standing up, and for a long time at night sitting down. If he prayed standing, he would bow standing, and if he prayed sitting, he would bow sitting.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1228)  

أحمد:٢٤٦٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِفَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

ahmad:24688Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

[Machine] "I used to complain to Fares about being seated during prayer, so I asked Aisha about it. She said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray during the night, either standing for a long time or sitting for a long time. When he recited while standing, he would either perform prostrations or show humility while standing. And when he recited while sitting, he would perform prostrations while sitting as well."  

أحمد:٢٤٦٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا بِفَارِسَ فَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ أَوْ خَشَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا  

hakim:1022Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥumayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing, he bowed standing, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed sitting. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 955)  

الحاكم:١٠٢٢فَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا»  

ذِكْرُ صَلَاةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ قَاعِدًا

ibnhibban:2631Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb al-Balkhī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb And Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing, he bowed standing, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed sitting. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 955)  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٣١أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ وَبُدَيْلٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا»  

suyuti:673-161bʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah
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السيوطي:٦٧٣-١٦١b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا، وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا، قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَتْ: إِذَا كَانَ قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا، وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا".  

[عب] عبد الرازق