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ahmad:25987Yazīd > Bahz b. Ḥakīm > Marrah Akhbaranāqāl > Zurārah b. Awfá > Suʾilat ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Regarding the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "He used to pray the night prayer (Isha), then he would pray two rak'ahs after it, then he would sleep. When he woke up and had water next to him and his miswak (tooth-stick) covered, he would use the miswak and then perform ablution. Then he would stand and pray eight rak'ahs, in which he would recite Al-Fatihah and whatever he wished from the Quran. He (peace and blessings be upon him) once said, 'Whatever Allah wills from the Quran,' so he would not sit in any of them except in the eighth rak'ah, where he would sit, make the Tashahhud, then stand up without saying the taslim (salutation). He would pray one rak'ah, then sit, make the Tashahhud, supplicate, and then say the taslim once. He would raise his voice in saying the taslim to awaken us. Then he would say the takbir while sitting and recite, then he would bow and prostrate while sitting and pray two rak'ahs. This makes the total of eleven rak'ahs. When his flesh increased, and he became heavy, he made the nine rak'ahs seven. He would not sit except as he would sit in the first to pray the two rak'ahs while sitting. This was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until Allah took him."  

أحمد:٢٥٩٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَخْبَرَنَاقَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى يَقُولُ سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ وَعِنْدَهُ وَضُوءُهُ مُغَطًّى وَسِوَاكُهُ اسْتَاكَ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا شَاءَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً مَا شَاءَ اللهُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَا يَقْعُدُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي الثَّامِنَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْعُدُ فِيهَا فَيَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ فَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيَتَشَهَّدُ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ حَتَّى يُوقِظَنَا ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَيَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَيُصَلِّي جَالِسًا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَهَذِهِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ لَحْمُهُ وَثَقُلَ جَعَلَ التِّسْعَ سَبْعًا لَا يَقْعُدُ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقْعُدُ فِي الْأُولَى وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَاعِدًا فَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ  


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abudawud:1346ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn al-Dirhamī > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Bahz b. Ḥakīm > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿĀʾishah Suʾilat

Zurarah ibn Awfa said that Aisha was asked about the midnight prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: He used to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return to his family (in his house) and pray four rak'ahs. Then he would go to his bed and sleep, but the water for his ablution was placed covered near his head and his tooth-stick was also kept there until Allah awakened him at night. He then used the tooth-stick, performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of prayer and would pray eight rak'ahs, in which he would recite Surah al-Fatihah, and a surah from the Qur'an as Allah willed. He would not sit during any of them but sit after the eighth rak'ah, and would not utter the salutation, but recite (the Qur'an) during the ninth rak'ah. Then he would sit and supplicate as long as Allah willed, and beg Him and devote his attention to Him; He would utter the salutation once in such a loud voice that the inmates of the house were almost awakened by his loud salutation. He would then recite Surah al-Fatihah while sitting, bow while sitting, and then recite the Qur'an during the second rak'ah, and would bow and prostrate while sitting. He would supplicate Allah as long as He willed, then utter the salutation and turn away. This amount of prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued till he put a weight. During that period he retrenched two rak'ahs from nine and began to pray six and seven rak'ahs standing and two rak'ahs sitting. This continued till he died.  

أبو داود:١٣٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الدِّرْهَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَى أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ سُئِلَتْ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَيَنَامُ وَطَهُورُهُ مُغَطًّى عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَسِوَاكُهُ مَوْضُوعٌ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ سَاعَتَهُ الَّتِي يَبْعَثُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَسَوَّكُ وَيُسْبِغُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ إِلَى مُصَلاَّهُ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلاَ يَقْعُدُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَقْعُدَ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي التَّاسِعَةِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ فَيَدْعُو بِمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَهُ وَيَسْأَلُهُ وَيَرْغَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً شَدِيدَةً يَكَادُ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ تَسْلِيمِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَيَرْكَعُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَيَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ ثُمَّ يَدْعُو مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ وَيَنْصَرِفُ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ تِلْكَ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَّنَ فَنَقَصَ مِنَ التِّسْعِ ثِنْتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَهَا إِلَى السِّتِّ وَالسَّبْعِ وَرَكْعَتَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ حَتَّى قُبِضَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ﷺ