[Machine] We fasted with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during Ramadan, and he did not offer night prayers with us at all until the twenty-third night. He then offered night prayers with us until a third of the night had passed. After that, he did not offer night prayers with us on the fourth night, but offered them with us on the fifth night until half of the night had passed. We said, "O Messenger of Allah, if only you would prolong our night prayers." He said, "When a person prays with the imam until he finishes, it will be written for him as if he spent the whole night in prayer." He did not offer night prayers with us on the sixth night, but offered them on the seventh night. He then sent for his family and the people gathered until we feared that we would miss the pre-dawn meal (sahur). I asked, "What is the pre-dawn meal?" He replied, "It is the meal consumed before dawn." According to Wahib, Dawud reported that the twenty-fourth night is among the remaining nights, the twenty-sixth night is the fifth among the remaining nights, and the twenty-eighth night is the third among the remaining nights, and it has the same meaning.  

صُمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قَامَ بِنَا حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَحْوٌ مِنْ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ وَقَامَ بِنَا فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَحْوٌ مَنْ نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ نَفَّلْتَنَا بَقِيَّةَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ كُتِبَ لَهُ بَقِيَّةُ لَيْلَتِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا اللَّيْلَةَ السَّادِسَةَ وَقَامَ السَّابِعَةَ وَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى خَشِينَا أَنْ يَفُوتَنَا الْفَلَاحُ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَمَا الْفَلَاحُ؟ قَالَ السَّحُورُ وَرَوَاهُ وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ قَالَ لَيْلَةُ أَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ السَّابِعُ مِمَّا يَبْقَى وَقَالَ لَيْلَةُ سِتٍّ وَعِشْرِينَ الْخَامِسُ مِمَّا يَبْقَى وَلَيْلَةُ ثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ الثَّالِثُ مِمَّا يَبْقَى وَبِمَعْنَاهُ