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ahmad:25489Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I used to sleep uncomfortably between the hands of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying. When he wanted to perform Witr prayer, he would signal me with his foot and say, "Move aside."  

أحمد:٢٥٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ أَنَامُ مُعْتَرِضَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ تَنَحَّيْ  


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ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الصَّلَاةِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِحِذَاءِ الْمَرْأَةِ النَّائِمَةِ قُدَّامَهُ

ibnhibban:2343Abū ʿArūbah > Bundār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 712)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ لَقَدْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ إِيقَاظَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَائِشَةَ فِي الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ بِرِجْلِهِ دُونَ النُّطْقِ بِالْكَلَامِ

ibnhibban:2346al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray and I would be positioned in front of him concerning the Qibla, so when he intended to perform Witr prayer, he would gesture to me with his leg."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ أَمَامَهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ»