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ahmad:25696Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 759)   

أحمد:٢٥٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:997Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to offer his night prayer while I was sleeping across in his bed. Whenever he intended to offer the witr prayer, he used to wake me up and I would offer the witr prayer too.  

البخاري:٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةً عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

bukhari:512Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray while I was sleeping across in his bed in front of him. Whenever he wanted to pray witr, he would wake me up and I would pray witr.  

البخاري:٥١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

muslim:512bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said his whole prayer (Tahajjud prayer) during the night while I lay between him and the Qibla. When he intended to say Witr (prayer) he awakened me and I too said witr (prayer).  

مسلم:٥١٢bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلاَتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كُلَّهَا وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

muslim:744bHārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī > Ibn Wahb > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Rabīʿah b. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer prayer at night while she lay in front of him, and when the Witr prayer was yet to be observed, he would awaken her and she observed Witr.  

مسلم:٧٤٤bوَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلاَتَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَهِيَ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا بَقِيَ الْوِتْرُ أَيْقَظَهَا فَأَوْتَرَتْ  

nasai:759ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr"  

النسائي:٧٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

abudawud:711Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night and she (‘A’ishah) would lie between him and the qiblah, sleeping on the bed on which he would sleep. When he wanted to offer the witr prayer, he awakened her and she offered the witr prayer.  

أبو داود:٧١١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلاَتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَهِيَ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ رَاقِدَةً عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الَّذِي يَرْقُدُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَهَا فَأَوْتَرَتْ  

ahmad:24562Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī And ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, ﷺ , said that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray at night while I was in between him and the Qibla.  

أحمد:٢٤٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ وَعَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ  

ahmad:24236Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 759)   

أحمد:٢٤٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي  

ahmad:24088Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah

[Machine] "Narrated by Aisha, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform his night prayer while I was lying across between him and the qiblah, just like the position of a deceased person lying across."  

أحمد:٢٤٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجِنَازَةِ  

ahmad:25599Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 759)   

أحمد:٢٥٥٩٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

ahmad:25637ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray at night while I lay interposed between him and the Qibla like a corpse on the bier. (Using translation from Muslim 512a)  

أحمد:٢٥٦٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ الْلَيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجِنَازَةِ  

ahmad:25942Ibn Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night and she (‘A’ishah) would lie between him and the qiblah, sleeping on the bed on which he would sleep. When he wanted to offer the witr prayer, he awakened her and she offered the witr prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 711)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٤٢حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الَّذِي يَرْقُدُ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

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»  

ibnhibban:2344ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Jurjānī Biḥalab > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray during the night while I was asleep between him and the qibla, and when he reached Witr, he would awaken me."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ بِحَلَبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا نَائِمَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْوِتْرِ أَيْقَظَنِي»  

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»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يُوقِظُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَائِشَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ

ibnhibban:2347Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Abū Kurayb > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic phrase into English is: "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray at night, and I was between him and the qibla. When he wanted to perform the Witr prayer, he would wake me up, and I would also perform the Witr prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ»  

nasai-kubra:837ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 759)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأنا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ»