[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."
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