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ahmad:25889 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray nine units of prayer at night. But when he became tired and exhausted, he prayed seven units.  

أحمد:٢٥٨٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الجَزَّارِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعًا فَلَمَّا ثَقُلَ وَأَسَنَّ صَلَّى سَبْعًا  

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nasai:1709 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Ḥusayn > Zāʾidah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine (rak'ahs) at night, then when he grew older and put on weight he prayed seven."  

النسائي:١٧٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعًا فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَثَقُلَ صَلَّى سَبْعًا  

nasai:1725 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > al-Aʿmash Urāh > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine rak'ahs at night."  

النسائي:١٧٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ أُرَاهُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ بِغَيْرِ النَّعْتِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:2615 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

“The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen Rak’ah at night.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1359)   

ابن حبّان:٢٦١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ»