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ahmad:25559ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > And Yazīd > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs. He would pray eight rak'ahs then pray witr, then pray two rak'ahs sitting down. When he wanted to bow he would stand and bow, and he prayed two rak'ahs between the adhan and iqamah of subh prayer. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1781)

أحمد:٢٥٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَيَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

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muslim:738bMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

He observed thirteen rak'ahs (in the night prayer). He observed eight rak'ahs and would then observe Witr and then observe two rak'ahs sitting, and when he wanted to bow he stood up and then bowed down, and then observed two rak'ahs in between the Adhan and lqama of the dawn prayer.

مسلم:٧٣٨بوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ

abudawud:1340Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl And Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen rak'ahs during the night. He would offer eight rak'ahs observing the witr with one rak'ah. Then he prayed (the narrator Muslim said) two rak'ahs after witr prayer in sitting position. When he wished to bow, he stood up and bowed. He used to pray two rak'ahs between the call to the dawn prayer and the iqamah.

أبو داود:١٣٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي بَيْنَ أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ وَالإِقَامَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

nasai:1756ʿUbaydullāh b. Faḍālah b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad / Ibn al-Mubārak al-Ṣūrī > Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Salāam > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs: nine rak'ahs standing, one of which was witr, and two rak'ahs sitting. When he wanted to bow he would stand up, and bow and prostrate, and he did that after witr. Then when he heard the call for Subh, he stood up and prayed two brief rak'ahs.

النسائي:١٧٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَائِمًا يُوتِرُ فِيهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ جَالِسًا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْوَتْرِ فَإِذَا سَمِعَ نِدَاءَ الصُّبْحِ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ

nasai:1781Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs. He would pray eight rak'ahs then pray witr, then pray two rak'ahs sitting down. When he wanted to bow he would stand and bow, and he prayed two rak'ahs between the adhan and iqamah of subh prayer.

النسائي:١٧٨١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالإِقَامَةِ فِي صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ

darimi:1515Yazīd b. Hārūn And Wahb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs. He would pray eight rak'ahs then pray witr, then pray two rak'ahs sitting down. When he wanted to bow he would stand and bow, and he prayed two rak'ahs between the adhan and iqamah of subh prayer. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1781)

الدارمي:١٥١٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَوَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

ahmad:26122ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And ʾAbū ʿĀmir > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah Qālasaʾalt ʿĀʾishah

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs. He would pray eight rak'ahs then pray witr, then pray two rak'ahs sitting down. When he wanted to bow he would stand and bow, and he prayed two rak'ahs between the adhan and iqamah of subh prayer. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1781)

أحمد:٢٦١٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَسَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ فِي عَقِبِ تَهَجُّدِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ سِوَى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ

ibnhibban:2634ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah

[AI] Regarding the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it was said, "He used to pray eight rak'ahs, then perform Witr prayer. Then he would pray two rak'ahs while sitting, then he would stand and recite (the Quran). Then he would bow and perform two rak'ahs between the call to prayer (Adhan) and the start of the prayer (Iqamah) of Fajr (dawn prayer)."

ابن حبّان:٢٦٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ « كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ»

nasai-kubra:450Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah

He observed thirteen rak'ahs (in the night prayer). He observed eight rak'ahs and would then observe Witr and then observe two rak'ahs sitting, and when he wanted to bow he stood up and then bowed down, and then observed two rak'ahs in between the Adhan and lqama of the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 738b)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَيَقْرَأُ وَيَرْكَعُ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ» تَابَعَهُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ

nasai-kubra:1453ʿUbaydullāh b. Faḍālah al-Nasāʾī > Muḥammad / Ibn al-Mubārak > Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Sallām b. Abū Sallām al-Ḥabashī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Wāsm Abū Sallām Mamṭūr > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs: nine rak'ahs standing, one of which was witr, and two rak'ahs sitting. When he wanted to bow he would stand up, and bow and prostrate, and he did that after witr. Then when he heard the call for Subh, he stood up and prayed two brief rak'ahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1756)

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ النَّسَائِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَلَّامٍ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ الْحَبَشِيِّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَاسْمُ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ مَمْطُورٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَائِمًا وَيُوتِرُ فِيهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ جَالِسًا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ فَإِذَا سَمِعَ نِدَاءَ الصُّبْحِ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»

bayhaqi:4818Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Bishr b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Bishr al-Ḥarīrī > Muʿāwiyah b. Sallām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah

[AI] The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night, it was said: He used to pray thirteen Rak'ahs at night. He would pray nine Rak'ahs while standing, making odd numbers in them, and he would pray two Rak'ahs while sitting. When he wanted to prostrate, he would stand up, then perform a Rak'ah and prostrate. He would do this after Witr prayer, and he would pray two Rak'ahs when he heard the call to Fajr prayer.

البيهقي:٤٨١٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْحَرِيرِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنْ

صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَائِمًا يُوتِرُ فِيهِنَّ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَالِسًا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِذَا سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ بِالصُّبْحِ

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بِشْرٍ الْحَرِيرِيِّ وَأَخْرَجَهُ أَيْضًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامٍ وَشَيْبَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى