That the Prophet ﷺ once offered (tarawih) prayer in the mosque and the people also prayed along with him. He then prayed on the following night, and the people gathered in large numbers. They gathered on the third night too, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not come out to them. When the morning came, he said: I witnessed what you did, and nothing prevented me from coming out to you except that I feared that this (prayer) might be prescribed to you. That was in Ramadan. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1373)

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَصَلَّى بِصَلَاتِهِ نَاسٌ ثُمَّ صَلَّى مِنَ الْقَابِلَةِ فَكَثُرَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعُوا مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا أَنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُفْرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالَ وَذَلِكَ فِي رَمَضَانَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِهِمَا سَوَاءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet's wife informed him that the Messenger of Allah went out one night in the middle of the night to pray in the mosque. Some men prayed with him and the people spoke about it. More people gathered the next night and the Messenger of Allah went out to pray and they prayed with him. The number of people increased on the third night and the Messenger of Allah went out to pray and they prayed with him. However, on the fourth night, the mosque was unable to accommodate its people and the Messenger of Allah did not come out to them. Some of the men said that they should pray and the Messenger of Allah did not come out to them until he came out for the morning prayer. After completing the Fajr prayer, he turned to the people and said, "Indeed, your matter did not escape me tonight, but I feared that it would be imposed upon you and you would be unable to fulfill it." The Messenger of Allah used to encourage them to observe the night prayers in Ramadan without explicitly commanding them to do so. He used to say, "Whoever observes Ramadan with faith and seeking reward, his past sins will be forgiven for him." The Messenger of Allah passed away and this continued to be the practice during the caliphate of Abu Bakr and the beginning of the caliphate of Umar ibn Al-Khattab. Uruwah reported, and Abdur Rahman ibn Abdir Rahim, who used to work with Umar, reported that Umar went out one night during Ramadan and Abdur Rahman went out with him. They walked around the mosque and the people were praying individually, and some were praying in groups. Umar said, "By Allah, I think if we gather them behind one reciter, it would be better than what they are doing." Umar decided to gather them behind one reciter and commanded Ubayy ibn Ka'b to lead them in prayer during Ramadan. Umar went out with the people and they prayed behind the reciter, and Abdur Rahman ibn Abdir Rahim was with him. Umar said, "What an excellent innovation this is, and the one who neglects it is better than the one who stays up till the end of the night." The people used to pray in the early part of the night.

زَوْجَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ لَيْلَةً مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّى رِجَالٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بِذَلِكَ فَاجْتَمَعَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُمْ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللَّيْلَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّوْا مَعَهُ فَتَحَدَّثُوا بِذَلِكَ فَكَثُرَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّوْا بِصَلَاتِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الرَّابِعَةُ عَجَزَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَطَفِقَ رِجَالٌ مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى خَرَجَ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَتَشَهَّدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيَّ شَأْنُكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ وَلَكِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُفْرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَعْجَزُوا عَنْهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِي قِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُمْ بِعَزِيمَةِ أَمْرٍ فِيهِ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَصَدْرًا مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ 4603 قَالَ عُرْوَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيُّ وَكَانَ مِنْ عُمَّالِ عُمْرَ ؓ وَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ عَلَى بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ خَرَجَ لَيْلَةً فِي رَمَضَانَ فَخَرَجَ مَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَطَافَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْزَاعٌ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَيُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ فَيُصَلِّي بِصَلَاتِهِ الرَّهْطُ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَاللهِ لَأَظُنُّ لَوْ جَمَعْنَاهُمْ عَلَى قَارِئٍ وَاحِدٍ لَكَانَ أَمْثَلَ فَعَزَمَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ عَلَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَهُمْ عَلَى قَارِئٍ وَاحِدٍ فَأَمَرَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ ؓ أَنْ يَقُومَ بِهِمْ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَالنَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاةِ قَارِئٍ لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيُّ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ نِعْمَ الْبِدْعَةُ هَذِهِ وَالَّتِي يَنَامُونَ عَنْهَا أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الَّتِي يَقُومُونَ يُرِيدُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَقُومُونَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ

[Machine] Then I went out with him another night, and people were praying with the prayer of their reciter. So Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "What a good innovation this is! And the one they sleep on is better than the one they stand up for." He meant the last part of the night, which people used to stand up for in prayer.

ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ لَيْلَةً أُخْرَى وَالنَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاةِ قَارِئِهِمْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ نِعْمَ الْبِدْعَةُ هَذِهِ وَالَّتِي يَنَامُونَ عَنْهَا أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الَّتِي يَقُومُونَ يُرِيدُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَقُومُونَ أَوَّلَهُ

[Machine] That Umar ibn Al-Khattab gathered the people to observe the month of Ramadan, with the men led by Ubay ibn Ka'b and the women led by Sulaiman ibn Abi Hathmah.

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَى قِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الرِّجَالَ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَالنِّسَاءَ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

[Machine] Arfajah, so I was the imam of women.

عَرْفَجَةُ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا إِمَامَ النِّسَاءِ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Saʿid said, "I think that Zaid bin Thabit said that it was made of a mat") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his companions prayed behind him. When he came to know about it, he kept on sitting. In the morning, he went out to them and said, "I have seen and understood what you did. You should pray in your houses, for the best prayer of a person is that which he prays in his house except the compulsory prayers." (Using translation from Bukhārī 731)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فِي رَمَضَانُ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْمِرْثَدِيِّ لَيْلَتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى بِصَلَاتِهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ بِهِمْ جَعَلَ يَقْعُدُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ فَصَلُّوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلَاةِ صَلَاةُ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ وَالْمِرْثَدِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ

[Machine] "Do you listen as if you are a donkey? Pray in your house."

أَفَتُنْصِتُ كَأَنَّكَ حِمَارٌ؟ صَلِّ فِي بَيْتِكَ

[Machine] He used to spend his time at home during the month of Ramadan. When the people left the mosque, he took a sip of water, then went to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ . He did not leave the mosque until he prayed the dawn prayer in it.

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُومُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ أَخَذَ إِدَاوَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ الصُّبْحَ

[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

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that one night during Ramadan, he went out and saw some people praying in a corner of the mosque. He asked, "What are these people doing?" Someone replied, "O Messenger of Allah, these are people who do not have the Qur'an with them, and Ubay ibn Ka'b is reciting it while they pray behind him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Have they done well or have they erred? They have not disliked it for them." Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Amr narrated that Abu Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated that Rabi'ah ibn Sulayman narrated that Ibn Wahb informed me that Bakr ibn Mudar and Abdur Rahman ibn Salman al-Hajri narrated it similarly. Ibn Wahb said, "One of them adds a word or something similar to it." The Sheikh (scholar) said, "This is a good Mursal (Hadith), Tha'labah ibn Abi Malik al-Qurathi, from the first generation of the followers of the people of Madinah, and he has a good chain of narrators."

قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَرَأَى نَاسًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ يُصَلُّونَ فَقَالَ مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَؤُلَاءِ نَاسٌ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ قُرْآنٌ وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يَقْرَأُ وَهُمْ مَعَهُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ قَالَ قَدْ أَحْسَنُوا أوَ قَدْ أَصَابُوا ولَمْ يَكْرَهْ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبُ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْحَجْرِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ وَنَحْوَهَا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ حَسَنٌ ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ مِنَ الطَّبَقَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ تَابِعِي أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَدْ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and saw that the people were praying during (the night of) Ramadan in the corner of the mosque. He asked: Who are these people ? It was said to him that those were people who had not learnt Quran. But Ubayy b. Ka'b is praying and they would pray behind him. The Prophet ﷺ said: They did right and it is good what they did. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong, the narrator Muslim b. Khalid is weak. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1377)

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أُنَاسٌ فِي رَمَضَانَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَقِيلَ هَؤُلَاءِ أُنَاسٌ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ قُرْآنٌ وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يُصَلِّي وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَصَابُوا وَنِعْمَ مَا صَنَعُوا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ضَعِيفٌ

[Machine] We used to take the children from the school, so they would join us during the month of Ramadan, and we would do fried food and khishknanj for them.

ؓ كُنَّا نَأْخُذُ الصِّبْيَانَ مِنَ الْكُتَّابِ؛ لِيَقُومُوا بِنَا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَنَعْمَلَ لَهُمُ الْقَلِيَّةَ وَالْخِشْكِنَانْجَ

How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray during Ramadhan ? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pray more than eleven rak'ahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan. He would pray four rak'ahs. Do not ask about their elegance and length. He then would pray for rak'ahs. Do not ask about their alegance and length. Then he would pray three rak'ahs. 'Aishah said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before observing witr ? He replied: 'Aishah, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1341)

عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي رَمَضَانَ؟ فَقَالَتْ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَزِيدُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَا فِي غَيْرِ رَمَضَانَ عَلَى إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثًا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوتِرَ؟ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ عَيْنِيَّ تَنَامَانِ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبِي لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray in the month of Ramadan, outside of congregational prayers, with twenty units (rak'ahs) and would pray the odd (witr) prayer separately. Abu Shu'aybatah Ibrahim ibn Uthman al-Abssi al-Kufi performed this prayer alone, and he was weak.

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي غَيْرِ جَمَاعَةٍ بِعِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةٍ وَالْوِتْرِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَبُو شَيْبَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعَبْسِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ

[Machine] That they would perform eleven units of prayer for the people and the reciter would recite two hundred verses until we would rely on sticks due to the length of standing, and we would not disperse except after the branches of dawn - such is the narration.

أَنْ يَقُومَا لِلنَّاسِ بِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَكَانَ الْقَارِئُ يَقْرَأُ بِالْمِئِينَ حَتَّى كُنَّا نَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى الْعِصِيِّ مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ وَمَا كُنَّا نَنْصَرِفُ إِلَّا فِي فُرُوعِ الْفَجْرِ هَكَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ

[Machine] "And they used to recite the Quran correctly and they used to lean on their staffs during the time of Uthman ibn Affan, due to the intensity of their standing."

وَكَانُوا يَقْرَءُونَ بِالْمَئِينِ وَكَانُوا يَتَوَكَّئُونَ عَلَى عِصِيِّهِمْ فِي عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْقِيَامِ

[Machine] During the time of Umar ibn Al-Khattab, people used to offer twenty-three units of prayer in Ramadan. It was possible to combine the two narrations (regarding the number of units) because they used to start with eleven units, then perform twenty units before ending with three units of witr prayer. Only Allah knows best.

كَانَ النَّاسُ يَقُومُونَ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فِي رَمَضَانَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً وَيُمْكِنُ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ بِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ ثُمَّ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ بِعِشْرِينَ وَيُوتِرُونَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] He used to lead them in twenty units of prayer during the month of Ramadan, and would perform three units of voluntary prayer after that, which gave him strength for what he engaged in.

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ بِعِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ وَفِي ذَلِكَ قُوَّةٌ لِمَا

[Machine] He called the readers in Ramadan and ordered one of them to pray 20 units of prayer for the people. He said: "And Ali used to make it odd." And it was narrated from another narration from Ali. As for the Taraweeh prayer, it is in accordance with what...

دَعَا الْقُرَّاءَ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَأَمَرَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً قَالَ وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يُوتِرُ بِهِمْ وَرُوِيَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأَمَّا التَّرَاوِيحُ فَفِيمَا

[Machine] To pray with the people five sets of twenty rak'ahs, and in this narration there is a repetition, and Allah knows best.

أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ خَمْسَ تَرْوِيحَاتٍ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً وَفِي هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ضَعْفٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] And perhaps the one who requested to lead them in Taraweeh prayers is Umar ibn Al-Khattab, and Allah knows best.

وَلَعَلَّهُ أَرَادَ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِهُمُ التَّرَاوِيحَ بِأَمْرِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] "Abu Ali al-Roudbari from Tous narrated that Abu Tahir al-Muhammadabadi informed us that al-Sarri ibn Khuzaymah narrated from al-Hasan ibn Bishr al-Kufi who narrated from al-Mu'afa ibn Imran who narrated from al-Mughirah ibn Ziyad al-Mawsili who narrated from Aisha. She said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray four units of prayer at night and then he would do tawarruk (resting briefly) until I had mercy on him. So I said, 'May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven you for your past sins and your future sins.' He said, 'Should I not be a grateful slave?' Al-Mughirah ibn Ziyad narrated this exclusively, and although his narration is not strong, his statement 'and then he would do tawarruk' is the basis for the practice of the Imam in the Taraweeh prayer. And Allah knows best.'"

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَتَرَوَّحُ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى رَحِمْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا؟ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَقَوْلُهُ ثُمَّ يَتَرَوَّحُ إِنْ ثَبَتَ فَهُوَ أَصْلٌ فِي تَرَوُّحِ الْإِمَامِ فِي صَلَاةِ التَّرَاوِيحِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] About Aasim.

عَنْ عَاصِمٍ

[Machine] The reciter used to perform Surah Al-Baqarah in eight units of prayer. Then, when he performed it in twelve units of prayer, people saw that he had lightened it.

فَكَانَ الْقَارِئُ يَقُومُ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَإِذَا قَامَ بِهَا فِي اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً رَأَى النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ خَفَّفَ

[Machine] He said, "I heard my father say that we used to finish our night prayers in Ramadan, and then we would hurry the servant with the food for fear of the dawn."

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ كُنَّا نَنْصَرِفُ مِنَ الْقِيَامِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَنَسْتَعْجِلُ الْخَادِمَ بِالطَّعَامِ مَخَافَةَ الْفَجْرِ

[Machine] Al-Hasan ibn Ali said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me some words to say during Witr prayers. Ibn Jawwas said, 'In the Qunut of Witr, say: O Allah! Guide me among those whom You have guided, pardon me among those whom You have pardoned, take care of me among those whom You have taken care of, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil that You have decreed. Surely, You decree and none can decree over You. Verily, he whom You take as an ally is never disgraced. Blessed are You, O our Lord, and Exalted.' Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us, Ahmed ibn Ubayd Al-Saffar informed us, Uthman ibn Umar al-Dabbi informed us, Amr ibn Marzooq informed us, from Zuhayr, from Abu Ishaq, from Yazid ibn Abi Maryam, from Abu al-Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to say during Witr prayers, 'O Allah! Guide me among those whom You have guided.' He mentioned the Hadith, and at the end he said, 'Say it in Qunut during Witr prayers.'"

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَالَ ابْنُ جَوَّاسٍ فِي قُنُوتِ الْوِتْرِ اللهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ 4628 وَأنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَوْرَاءِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيتَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِي آخِرِهِ تَقُولُهَا فِي الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ

that Ubayy b. Ka'b led them in prayer during Ramadan. He used to perform the qunut during the second half of Ramadan.

أَنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ أَمَّهُمْ يَعْنِي فِي رَمَضَانَ وَكَانَ يَقْنُتُ فِي النِّصْفِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

[Machine] Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people around Ubay ibn Ka'b and prayed with them for twenty nights. He did not lead them in prayer except for the remaining half. When the last ten nights came, he was absent and prayed in his house. They would say, "Ubay has stayed."

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَلَا يَقْنُتُ بِهِمْ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ الْبَاقِي فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ تَخَلَّفَ فَصَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَبَقَ أُبَيٌّ

[Machine] He used to observe the last half of Ramadan devoutly.

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْنُتُ فِي النِّصْفِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

[Machine] Some of them devoted themselves to themselves, then their father Halima Muadh Al-Qari' became their mentor.

بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ تَفَرَّغَ لِنَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ أَمَّهُمْ أَبُو حَلِيمَةَ مُعَاذٌ الْقَارِيُّ فَكَانَ يَقْنُتُ

[Machine] That Ibn Umar used to not perform the Witr prayer except during the second half of Ramadan.

أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ لَا يَقْنُتُ فِي الْوِتْرِ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

[Machine] Ibn Sirin disliked performing the Qunut (supplication) during Witr prayer except during the last half of Ramadan.

كَانَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ يَكْرَهُ الْقُنُوتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

الْقُنُوتُ فِي النِّصْفِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

[Machine] As for the mosques of the congregation, they pray from the first of the month until the end, and as for the people of the city, they pray in the remaining half until its end. A hadith has been narrated about it, but it is weak, and its chain of narration is not valid.

أَمَّا مَسَاجِدُ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَيَقْنُتُونَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقْنُتُونَ فِي النِّصْفِ الْبَاقِي إِلَى انْسِلَاخِهِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِيهِ حَدِيثٌ مُسْنَدٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ ضَعِيفٌ لَا يَصِحُّ إِسْنَادُهُ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe voluntary worship during the second half of Ramadan until its end. Abu Ahmad Abu Atika Tarif ibn Salman, also known as Ibn Suleiman, a narrator of weak hadith, reported that he heard Ibn Hammad mentioning this narration from Al-Bukhari.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْنُتُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ أَبُو عَاتِكَةَ طَرِيفُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ مُنْكَرُ الْحَدِيثِ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ حَمَّادٍ يَذْكُرُهُ عَنِ الْبُخَارِيِّ

Is there not for you a model pattern in me? And when they narrated this to him (Sa'd b. Hisham), he returned to his wife, though he had divorced her and made (people) witness to his reconciliation. He then came to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ibn 'Abbas said: Should I not lead you to one who knows best amongst the people of the world about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Who is it? He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: It is 'A'isha. So go to her and ask her (about Witr) and then come to me and inform me about her answer that she would give you. So I came to Hakim b. Aflah and requested him to take me to her. He said: I would not go to her, for I forbade her to speak anything (about the conflict) between the two groupS, but she refused (to accept my advice) and went (to participate in that corflict). I (requested) him (Hakim) with an oath to lead me to her. So we went to 'A'isha and we begged permission to meet her. She granted us permission and we went in. She said: Are you Hakim? (She recognised him.) He replied: Yes. She said: Who is there with you? He said: He is Sa'd b. Hisham. She said: Which Hisham? He said: He is Hisham b. 'Amir. She blessed him ('Amir) with mercy from Allah and spoke good of him (Qatada said that he died as a martyr in Uhud). I said: Mother of the Faithful, tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: Don't you read the Qur'an? I said: Yes. Upon this she said: The character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the Qur'an. He said: I felt inclined to get up and not ask anything (further) till death. But then I changed my mind and said: Inform me about the observance (of the night prayer) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: Did you not recite:" O thou wrapped up"? He said: Yes. She said: Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious, made the observance of the night prayer at the beginning of this Surah obligatory. So the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him and his Companions around him observed this (night prayer) for one year. Allah held back the concluding portion of this Surah for twelve months in the Heaven till (at the end of this period) Allah revealed the concluding verses of this Surah which lightened (the burden of this prayer), and the night prayer became a supererogatory prayer after being an obligatory one. I said: Mother of the Faithful, inform me about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: I used to prepare tooth stick for him and water for his ablution, and Allah would rouse him to the extent He wished during the night. He would use the tooth stick, and perform ablution, and would offer nine rak'ahs, and would not sit but in the eighth one and would remember Allah, and praise Him and supplicate Him, then he would get up without uttering the salutation and pray the ninth rak'ah. He would then sit, remember, praise Him and supplicate Him and then utter a salutation loud enough for us to hear. He would then pray two rak'ahs sitting after uttering the salutation, and that made eleven rak'ahs. O my son, but when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew old and put on flesh, he observed Witr of seven, doing in the two rak'ahs as he had done formerly, and that made nine. O my son, and when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed prayer, he liked to keep on observing it, and when sleep or pain overpowered him and made it impossible (for him) to observe prayer in the night, he prayed twelve rak'ahs daring the day. I am not aware of Allah's Prophet ﷺ having recited the whole Qur'an during one single night, or praying through the night till morning, or fasting a complete month, except Ramadan. He (the narrator) said: I then went to Ibn 'Abbas and narrated to him the hadith (transmitted from her), and he said: She says the truth If I went to her and got into her presence, I would have listened to it orally from her. He said: If I were to know that you do not go to her. I would not have transmitted this hadith to you narrated by her. (Using translation from Muslim 746a)

أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ بِوِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ؟ قَالَ عَائِشَةُ ؓ فَأْتِهَا فَسَلْهَا ثُمَّ أَعْلِمْنِي مَا تَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَأَتَيْتُ عَلَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ فَاسْتَصْحَبْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَّا فَدَخَلْنَا فَقَالَتْ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ حَكِيمُ بْنُ أَفْلَحَ فَقَالَتْ مَنْ هَذَا مَعَكَ؟ قُلْتُ سَعْدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَتْ وَمَنْ هِشَامٌ؟ قُلْتُ ابْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَتْ نِعْمَ الْمَرْءُ كَانَ عَامِرٌ أُصِيبَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ خُلُقِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ أَلَسْتَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ خُلُقَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ فَبَدَا لِي فَقُلْتُ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ قِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ أَلَسْتَ تَقْرَأُ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى افْتَرَضَ الْقِيَامَ فِي أَوَّلِ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَوْلًا حَتَّى انْتَفَخَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ وَأَمْسَكَ اللهُ خَاتِمَتَهَا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ التَّخْفِيفَ فِي آخِرِ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ فَصَارَ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ تَطَوُّعًا بَعْدَ فَرِيضَةٍ قَالَ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ فَبَدَا لِي وِتْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ وِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كُنَّا نُعِدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِوَاكَهُ وَطَهُورَهُ فَيَبْعَثُهُ اللهُ مَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَسَوَّكُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ فِيهِنَّ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الثَّامِنَةِ فَيَدْعُو رَبَّهُ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ثُمَّ يَنْهَضُ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي التَّاسِعَةَ فَيَقْعُدُ ثُمَّ يَحْمَدُ رَبَّهُ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ وَيَدَعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً يُسْمِعُنَا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا يُسَلِّمُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَتِلْكَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يَا بُنِيَّ فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَخَذَ اللَّحْمَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا يُسَلِّمُ يَا بُنِيَّ وَكَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُدَاوِمَ عَلَيْهَا وَكَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا غَلَبَهُ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ صَلَّى مِنَ النَّهَارِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَلَا أَعْلَمُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَلَا قَامَ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى الصَّبَّاحِ وَلَا صَامَ شَهْرًا قَطُّ كَامِلًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِحَدِيثِهَا فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ أَمْرِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ ابْنُ بِشْرٍ يَعْنِي أَوَّلُ أَمْرِهِ أَنَّهُ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَةً ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ يَبِيعُ عَقَارًا لَهُ بِهَا وَيَجْعَلُهُ فِي السِّلَاحِ وَالْكُرَاعِ ثُمَّ يُجَاهِدُ الرُّومَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ فَبَلَغَ رَهْطًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّ رَهْطًا مِنْهُمْ سِتَّةً أَرَادُوا وَذَلِكَ فِي حَيَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ

In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: "Keep vigil at night but a little, a half thereof" (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: "He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite then of the Qur'an that which is easy for you" (v.20). The phrase "the vigil of the night" (nashi'at al-layl) means the early hours of the night. They (the companions) would pray (the tahajjud prayer) in the early hours of the night. He (Ibn Abbas) says: It is advisable to offer the prayer at night (tahajjud), prescribed by Allah for you (in the early hours of the night). This is because when a person sleeps, he does not know when he will awake. The words "speech more certain" (aqwamu qilan) means that this time is more suitable for the understanding of the Qur'an. He says: The verse: "Lo, thou hast by day a chain of business" (v.7) means engagement for long periods (in the day's work). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1304)

فِي الْمُزَّمِّلِ {قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا نِصْفَهُ} [المزمل 2] نَسَخَتْهُ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا {عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ} وَنَاشِئَةُ اللَّيْلِ أَوَّلُهُ كَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُمْ لَأَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ هُوَ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ تُحْصُوا مَا فَرَضَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا نَامَ لَمْ يَدْرِ مَتَى يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَقَوْلُهُ {أَقْومُ قِيلًا} [المزمل 6] هُوَ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يُفْقَهَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَقَوْلُهُ {إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهَارِ سَبْحًا طَوِيلًا} [المزمل 7] يَقُولُ فَرَاغًا طَوِيلًا

When the opening verses of Surah Al-muzammil was revealed, the Companions would pray as long as they would pray during Ramadan until its last verses were revealed. The period between the revelation of its opening and the last verses was one year. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1305)

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ أَوَّلُ الْمُزَّمِّلِ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ نَحْوًا مِنْ قِيَامِهِمْ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ آخِرُهَا فَكَانَ بَيْنَ أَوَّلِهَا وَآخِرِهَا قَرِيبٌ مِنْ سَنَةٍ

“Why donʿt you get up and pray?ʿ I [‘Ali] said: O Messenger of Allah, indeed our souls are in the hand of Allah; if He wants to wake us up He will wake us up. He left when I said that and did not say anything back to me. Then I heard him say, whilst he was turning away and striking his thigh: “But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anythingʿ [Al-Kahf 18:54]. ʿAli bin Husain ؓ narrated that his father, Husain bin ʿAli ؓ told him that ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ told him that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him and Fatimah at night... and he mentioned a similar report. (Using translation from Aḥmad 900)

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلًا فَقَالَ أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ؟ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا فَانْصَرَفَ حِينَ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُوَلٍّ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ وَيَقُولُ {وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا} [الكهف 54]

[Machine] The man was during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, whenever he had a dream, he would narrate it to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "I wished to see a dream and narrate it to the Prophet ﷺ. I was a young bachelor boy, and I used to sleep in the mosque. I saw that two angels came to me. One of them said to the other, 'Take him to the Fire.' I started saying, 'I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire.' Then I met another angel who asked me, 'Why didn't you ask for protection?' They took me until we reached the Fire, where I saw it folded and had two horns like the horns of a cow. Inside it, I saw people whom I recognized.' When I woke up in the morning, I went to Hafsa and told her about it. Hafsa then narrated it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'What a blessed man Abdullah is! If he prays during the night.' Salim said, 'He used to pray during the night, but only a little.'"

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى رُؤْيَا قَصَّهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَتَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَرَى رُؤْيَا فَأَقُصَّهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكُنْتُ غُلَامًا شَابًّا أَعْزُبَ فَكُنْتُ أَنَامُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ كَأَنَ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ انْطَلِقْ بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ فَلَقِيَنَا مَلَكٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ لِي لَمْ تُرَعْ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقُوا بِي حَتَّى وَقَفْنَا عَلَى النَّارِ فَإِذَا هِيَ مَطْوِيَّةٌ وَإِذَا لَهَا قَرْنَانِ كَقَرْنَيِ الْبِيرِ قَالَ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا رِجَالًا أَعْرِفُهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهَا فَقَصَّتْهَا حَفْصَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَوْ كَانَ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ سَالِمٌ فَكَانَ لَا يَنَامُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one you sleeps, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with, "You have a long night, so sleep." So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs ablution another knot will be loosened; and if he prays, the third knot will be loosened; and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits; otherwise he will be in bad spirits and sluggish. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1306)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا نَامَ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ كُلُّ عُقْدَةٍ يَضْرِبُ مَكَانَهَا عَلَيْكَ لَيْلٌ طَوِيلٌ فَارْقُدْ فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ رَبَّهُ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِنْ صَلَّى انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَأَصْبَحَ نَشِيطًا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانَ

The Prophet ﷺ said: May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night and prays, and awakens his wife; if she refuses, he should sprinkle water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who gets up at night and prays, and awakens her husband; if he refuses, she would sprinkle water on his face. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1308)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَحِمَ اللهُ رَجُلًا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَتْ نَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِهَا الْمَاءَ رَحِمَ اللهُ امْرَأَةً قَامَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّتْ وَأَيْقَظَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَإِنْ أَبَى نَضَحَتْ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْمَاءَ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever wakes up at night and wakes up his wife, and they pray two rak'ahs together, they will be recorded as those who remember Allah much, men and women." Abu Ali Ruwzbari narrated from Abu Bakr ibn Dasa narrated from Abu Dawood narrated from Muhammad ibn Kathir narrated from Sufyan narrated from Ali ibn Al-Aqmar that he mentioned it but did not attribute it to anyone. Abu Dawood included it in the speech of Abu Sa'id. Abu Dawood said Ibn Mahdi narrated it from Sufyan that he mentioned it ascribed to Abu Hurairah. Abu Dawood said the hadith of Sufyan is discontinued. The Sheikh said it was narrated by Isa ibn Jafar Ar-Razi from Sufyan as a marfu' hadith, similar to the hadith of Al-A'mash.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَصَلَّيَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا كُتِبَا لَيْلَتَئِذٍ مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ 4646 وَأنبأ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أنبأ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَقْمَرِ فَذَكَرَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ وَلَا ذَكَرَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ جَعَلَهُ فِي كَلَامِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ فَأَرَاهُ ذَكَرَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدِيثُ سُفْيَانَ مَوْقُوفٌ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَرَوَاهُ عِيسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ مَرْفُوعًا نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ الْأَعْمَشِ

“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, the people rushed towards him and it was said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has come!’ I came along with the people to see him, and when I looked at the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I realized that his face was not the face of a liar. The first thing he said was: “O people, spread (the greeting of) Salam, offer food to people and pray at night when people are sleeping, you will enter Paradise in peace.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1334)

أَنْ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَانْجَفَلَ النَّاسُ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالُوا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ فِي النَّاسِ؛ لَأَنْظُرَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَهُ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ وَجْهَهُ لَيْسَ بِوَجْهِ كَذَّابٍ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ أَنْ قَالَ يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ وَأَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ وَصِلُوا الْأَرْحَامَ وَصَلُّوا بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ

[Machine] "On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: 'Upon you is to establish the night prayer, for it is the habit of the righteous before you, and it is a means of drawing near to your Lord, and it expiates sins and prevents wrongdoing, as mentioned in this narration.'"

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأَبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَهُوَ قُرْبَةٌ لَكُمْ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَمَكْفَرَةٌ لِلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ

“Ishaq bin Mansur narrated to us, from Isra’il” with this (Another chain) Bilal narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Hold fast to Qiyam al-Lail, for it is the practice of the righteous before you, and indeed Qiyam al-Lail is a means of nearness to Allah, a means of prevention from sin, an expiation for bad deeds, and a barrier for the body against disease.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3549)

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأَبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَقُرْبَةٌ إِلَى اللهِ وَتَكْفِيرٌ لِلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ وَمَطْرَدَةٌ لِلدَّاءِ عَنِ الْجَسَدِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْقَطَّانِ وَإِنَّ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ قُرْبَةٌ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى

“Ishaq bin Mansur narrated to us, from Isra’il” with this (Another chain) Bilal narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Hold fast to Qiyam al-Lail, for it is the practice of the righteous before you, and indeed Qiyam al-Lail is a means of nearness to Allah, a means of prevention from sin, an expiation for bad deeds, and a barrier for the body against disease.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3549)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ دَأَبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَإِنَّ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ قُرْبَةٌ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَتَكْفِيرٌ لِلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ وَمَطْرَدَةٌ لِلدَّاءِ عَنِ الْجَسَدِ

[Machine] Abdullah said, "The superiority of the night prayer over the daytime prayer is like the superiority of secret charity over open charity."

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَضْلُ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى صَلَاةِ النِّهَارِ كَفَضْلِ صَدَقَةِ السِّرِّ عَلَى صَدَقَةِ الْعَلَانِيَةِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Our Lord descends every night to the sky of the world when the last third of the night remains, and He says, ‘Who calls upon Me, so that I may answer him? Who asks of Me, so that I may give him? Who seeks forgiveness from Me, so that I may forgive him?’" This hadith was narrated by Yahya ibn Yahya, Ismail ibn Abi Uways, and Al-Qa'nabi. However, they did not mention the word "waaw" and they both narrated it from Abu Salamah from Abu Abdullah Al-Agharr.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا ﷻ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ وَمَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَفِي رِوَايَةِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ وَالْقَعْنَبِيِّ عَنْ عَنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرَا الْوَاوَ وَقَدَّمَا أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَغَرِّ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Allah descends to the lowest heaven during the last third of the night and says, 'Whoever supplicates Me, I will answer him; whoever asks of Me, I will give him; whoever seeks forgiveness from Me, I will forgive him.'"

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْزِلُ اللهُ ﷻ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا لِشَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ لِثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ أَوْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُقْرِضُ غَيْرَ عَدِيمٍ وَلَا ظَلُومٍ