[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it has been narrated in authentic reports that there are verses in the Quran that testify to this, such as His saying: "And your Lord will come with the angels, rank upon rank" [Al-Fajr 22]. The descent and ascent are two attributes attributed to Allah, free from movement and transition from one state to another. Rather, they are two attributes of Allah, without any resemblance. Allah, the Exalted, is far above what those who deny His attributes say, or those who liken Him to others in greatness. I (the author) say, Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi (may Allah have mercy on him), used to say: "The one who denies this or anything similar from the narrations, is the one who measures matters based on what he observes of descent, which is a dropping from a higher position to a lower one, and movement from above to below. And these are the characteristics of bodies and ghosts. As for the descent of the One over whom the attributes of bodies do not have control, then these meanings are not imaginary in Him. Rather, it is news regarding His power, His mercy towards His servants, His kindness to them, His response to their supplication, and His forgiveness for them. He does what He wills, without His attributes having a specific modality, nor His actions having a quantitative measure. Exalted is He, there is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ صَحِيحَةٍ وَوَرَدَ فِي التَّنْزِيلِ مَا يُصَدِّقُهُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا} [الفجر 22] وَالنُّزُولُ وَالْمَجِيءُ صِفَتَانِ مَنْفِيَّتَانِ عَنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْحَرَكَةِ وَالِانْتِقَالِ مِنْ حَالٍ إِلَى حَالٍ بَلْ هُمَا صِفَتَانِ مِنْ صِفَاتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِلَا تَشْبِيهٍ جَلَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَمَّا تَقُولُ الْمُعَطِّلَةُ لِصِفَاتِهِ وَالْمُشَبِّهَةُ بِهَا عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا قُلْتُ وَكَانَ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا يُنْكِرُ هَذَا وَمَا أَشْبَهَهُ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ مَنْ يَقِيسُ الْأُمُورَ فِي ذَلِكَ بِمَا يُشَاهِدُهُ مِنَ النُّزُولِ الَّذِي هُوَ تَدَلِّي مِنْ أَعْلَى إِلَى أَسْفَلَ وَانْتِقَالٌ مِنْ فَوْقٍ إِلَى تَحْتٍ وَهَذِهِ صِفَةُ الْأَجْسَامِ وَالْأَشْبَاحِ فَأَمَّا نُزُولُ مَنْ لَا تَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهِ صِفَاتُ الْأَجْسَامِ فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَعَانِيَ غَيْرُ مُتَوَهَّمَةٍ فِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ خَبَرٌ عَنْ قُدْرَتِهِ وَرَأْفَتِهِ بِعِبَادِهِ وَعَطْفِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاسْتِجَابَتِهِ دُعَاءَهُمْ وَمَغْفِرَتِهِ لَهُمْ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ لَا يَتَوَجَّهُ عَلَى صِفَاتِهِ كَيْفِيَّةٌ وَلَا عَلَى أَفْعَالِهِ كَمِّيَّةٌ سُبْحَانَهُ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ  

[Machine] Amr Al-Adib informed Abu Bakr Al-Isma'iliyy that the story was informed by Al-Firayabi. Qutaybah bin Sa'id and Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah both narrated it, and Abu Ya'la informed me that Abu Khaythamah said that Sufyan informed us that Amr bin Dinar heard Amr bin Aws Al-Thaqafi say, "I heard Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As say, 'The Messenger of Allahﷺ said, "The most beloved fast to Allah is the fast of Dawud. He used to fast one day and break his fast the next. And the most beloved prayer to Allah is the prayer of Dawud. He used to sleep half of the night, stand for one third, and sleep for one sixth."' This is the wording of Al-Humaidi, and others have narrated it from different chains of narration.  

عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالُوا ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ أَوْسٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ الصِّيَامِ إِلَى اللهِ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا وَأَحَبُّ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى اللهِ صَلَاةُ دَاوُدَ كَانَ يَنَامُ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ ثُلُثَهُ وَيَنَامُ سُدُسَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ عَنْ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ has never encountered magic other than while he was asleep.  

ؓ مَا أَلْفَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عِنْدِي السَّحَرَ الْآخِرَ إِلَّا نَائِمًا  

Allah, the Exalted, would awaken the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. When the dawn came, he would his finish daily round of recital. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1316)   

إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيُوقِظُهُ اللهُ ﷻ بِاللَّيْلِ فَمَا يَجِيءُ السَّحَرُ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْ جُزْئِهِ  

[Machine] The action of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was mentioned. She said, "The most beloved action to him was being consistent." I said, "At what time would he stand?" She said, "Whenever he would hear the crowing of the rooster." Abu Dawood said, "She means the call to dawn prayer."  

عَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ الدَّائِمَ قُلْتُ فَأِيُّ حِينٍ كَانَ يَقُومُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ قَامَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ تَعْنِي الدِّيكَ  

[Machine] The Prophet's (PBUH) action, so she said, "He used to pray frequently." So I asked her, "At what times did he pray?" She said, "Whenever he heard the call to prayer, he would stand up and pray."  

عَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الدَّائِمَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا فَأِيُّ حِينٍ كَانَ يُصَلِّي؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى  

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , which prayer is better after the obligatory prayer? He said: The prayer in the middle of the night. He asked: Which fasting is better after Ramadan? He said: The month of Allah, which you call Al-Muharram.  

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أِيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ فَأِيُّ الصَّوْمِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "One of the best prayers after the obligatory prayers is the prayer in the depths of the night. And indeed, the best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the fasting in the month of Allah that you call Al-Muharram." Ahmad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Qadi narrated to us, Hajib ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Mu'adh Al-Marwuzi narrated to us, Zakariya ibn Adi narrated to us, and he mentioned it.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَفْرُوضَةِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ وَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at 'Ukaz. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there any supplication closer than others or an hour in which it is more likely to be answered, so that we may observe it?" He replied, "Yes, the closest that a servant can be to his Lord is in the last part of the night, so if you can be among those who remember Allah in that hour, then do so. It has been narrated to us from Abu Salamah, from Abu Umamah, from 'Amr ibn Anbasah, that I said, "O Messenger of Allah, which night should I observe?" He said, "The last part of the night."  

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ بِعُكَاظٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ أُخْرَى أَوْ سَاعَةٍ نَبْغِي أَوْ نَبْتَغِي ذِكْرَهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ أَقْرَبَ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِمَّنْ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَكُنْ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا فِيمَا مَضَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَنْبَسَةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ اللَّيْلِ أَسْمَعُ؟ قَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ  

[Machine] I asked Abu Dharr, "Which night prayer is better?" He said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, 'The prayer performed during the latter half of the night, and the one done in a little quantity.'"  

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ أِيُّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ  

When the Prophet ﷺ got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-hamd. Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Wa lakal-hamd, anta-l-haq wa wa'duka-lhaq, wa liqa'uka Haq, wa qauluka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa Muhammadun, sallal-lahu'alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa'atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu Laka wabika amantu, wa 'Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu faghfir li ma qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama'a lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-l-mu akh-khir, la ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are the Holder of the Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You have the possession of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth And all the praises are for You; You are the King of the Heavens and the Earth; And all the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, And to meet You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true And all the Prophets (Peace be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah ! I surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge between us). Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I concealed or revealed And You are the One who make (some people) forward And (some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but you . Sufyan said that ʿAbdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above, 'Wala haula Wala quwata illa billah' (There is neither might nor power except with Allah). (Using translation from Bukhārī 1120)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ يَتَهَجَّدُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَحْوَلُ خَالُ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَتَهَجَّدُ قَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ مَلِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ اللهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَوْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ شَكَّ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَزَادَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ أَبُو أُمَيَّةَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ لَمْ يَقُلْهَا سُلَيْمَانُ  

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for praying at midnight, he said: o Allah, be praise to Thee, Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth; and to Thee be praise; Thou are the maintainer of the heavens and the earth; and to Thee be praise, Thou art the heavens and the earth and what is between them; Thou art the truth, and Thy statement is truth; and Thy promise is the truth; and the visitation with Thee is true; and the Paradise is true and the Hell-fire is true and the Hour is true; O Allah, to Thee I turned my attention, and by Thee I disputed, and to Thee I brought forth my case, so forgive me my former and latter sins, and my secret and open sins, Thou art my deity, there is no deity but Thou. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 771)   

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَهَجَّدَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ الْحَقُّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ اللهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ  

there is no god but Allah alone Who has no partner, to whom dominion belongs, to whom praise is due, and who has power over everything (omnipotent). Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and then he prays: O my Lord, forgive me. Abu Dawud said : Al-Walid’s version has; and he prays, his prayer will be answered. If he gets up, performs ablution, and prays, his prayer will be accepted. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5060)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَعَارَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي غُفِرَ لَهُ أَوْ قَالَ فَدَعَا اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ فَإِنْ هُوَ عَزَمَ فَقَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى قُبِلَتْ صَلَاتُهُ  

I asked ‘A’ishah: By what words the Prophet ﷺ used to begin his prayer when he stood up at night (to offer tahajjud prayer). She said: When he stood up at night, he began his prayer by saying: O Allah, Lord of Jibra’il, Lord of Mik’ail, and Lord of Israfil, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the Knower of what is seen and of what is unseen; Thou decides between Thy servants in which they used to differ. Guide me to the truth where there is a difference of opinion by Thy permission. Thou guidest anyone Thou wishes to the right path. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 767)   

عَائِشَةَ ؓ بِأِيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ اللهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ  

'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rak'ahs. (Using translation from Muslim 767)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لِيُصَلِّيَ افْتَتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] "On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: When one of you gets up in the night to pray, let him start his prayer with two light units (rak'ahs)."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَفْتَتِحْ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to begin his night prayer with two light rak'ahs, as narrated by a group of narrators including Hisham, who heard it directly from Abu Hurairah, among them Hammam bin Salamah and Hammam bin Zaid."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ وَرَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مِنْهُمْ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَكَذَلِكَ  

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 يَعْنِي زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ 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 إنَّ عَيْنِيَّ تَنَامَانِ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبِي  

[Machine] About the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it was said that his night prayer in the month of Ramadan and others consisted of thirteen units, including the two units of dawn prayer.  

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَغَيْرِهِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ  

The Prophet ﷺ used to offer thirteen rakʿat of the night prayer and that included the witr and two rakʿat (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1140)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray ten Rak'ahs at night and he would perform Witr with a prostration, and he would perform two prostrations for Fajr, so that makes thirteen Rak'ahs.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِسَجْدَةٍ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ لِلْفَجْرِ فَتِلْكَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray thirteen units of prayer in the two units of Fajr prayer.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بِرَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eleven rakʿat at night and that was his night prayer and each of his prostrations lasted for a period enough for one of you to recite fifty verses before Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head. He also used to pray two rakʿat (Sunnah) before the (compulsory) Fajr prayer and then lie down on his right side till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him for the prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 994)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلَاتَهُ يَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَدْرِ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يُنَادِيَ الْمُنَادِي بِالصَّلَاةِ رُوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ  

Between the time when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the night prayer till the dawn broke, he used to pray eleven rak'ahs, uttering the salutation at the end of every two and observing the witr with a single one, and during that he would make a prostration about as long a one of you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the mu'adhdhin finished making the call for the dawn prayer, he stood up and prayed two short rak'ahs, then he lay down on his right side till the mu'adhdhin came to him (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1336)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِيمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَدِعَ الْفَجْرُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَيَمْكُثُ فِي سُجُودِهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً فَإِذَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ  

That he spent a night with Maimunah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, who was also his (Ibn 'Abbas's) maternal aunt. I lay towards the width of the pillow and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his wife slept towards its length. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept. When half the night passed, or a little before it or a little after it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ awoke and began to rub his face (eyes) to remove the sleep. He then recited ten verses from the last part of Surah 'Al-Imran. Hen then came to a bag of water that was hanging. He performed ablution from it and performed his ablution well. He then stood up and prayed. I also got up and did as he did. I then went and stood at his side. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his right hand upon my head and took me by my ear twisting it. He then prayed two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs. The narrator al-Qa'nabi said: Six times. He observed the witr prayer, and then slept until the mu'adhdhin came. He got up and prayed two light rak'ahs and then came out and offered the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1367)   

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَاتَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ قَالَ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ فِي طُولِهَا فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ يَمْسَحُ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْعَشْرَ الْآيَاتِ الْخَوَاتِمَ مِنْ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقُمْتُ فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي يَفْتِلُهَا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ سِتُّ مِرَارٍ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ  

[Machine] About the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he mentioned in a narration: "Then he stood up and I stood on his left side, and he placed me on his right side. He then placed his hands on my head and touched my ears as if he was waking me up. He then performed two light rak'ahs (units of prayer). I said, 'In each of them, he recited Surah Al-Qasas (Chapter 28) from the beginning to the end.' Then he said the tasleem (ending of the prayer) and performed two more rak'ahs. He repeated this until he prayed eleven rak'ahs of Witr prayer. Then he went to sleep until the time for Fajr (dawn) prayer came. I saw him blowing and Bilal came to him, saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is time for prayer.' So he stood up and performed two rak'ahs and prayed for the people without performing ablution." Aisha said: "There is no prophet whose eyes sleep but his heart is awake, and if his heart sleeps, his eyes awaken."  

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ وَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَجَعَلَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَجَعَلَ يَمَسُّ أُذُنِي كَأَنَّهُ يُوقِظُنِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قُلْتُ قَرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ حَتَّى صَلَّى إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بِالْوِتْرِ ثُمَّ نَامَ حَتَّى اسْتَقْبَلَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْفُخُ فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ نَامَ عَيْنُهُ إِلَّا اسْتَنْبَهَ قَلْبُهُ وَإِنْ نَامَ قَلْبُهُ اسْتَيْقَظَتْ عَيْنَاهُ  

I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maymunah. The Prophet ﷺ got up to pray at night. He prayed thirteen rak'ahs including two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer. I guessed that he stood in every rak'ah as long as one could recite Surah al-Muzzammil (73). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1365)   

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ حَزَرْتُ قِيَامَهُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِقَدْرِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ لَمْ يَقُلْ نُوحٌ مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ  

I shall watch the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. I slept at the threshold of his door or of his tent. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed two light rak'ahs, and then prayed two long, long, long rak'ahs. He then prayed two rak'ahs that were not so long as the two rak'ahs before them ; he then prayed two rak'ahs that were less in duration, than the rak'ahs before them; again he prayed two rak'ahs that were less in length then the preceding rak'ahs; he then prayed two rak'ahs that were less in length than the previous rak'ahs. This made altogether thirteen rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1366)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَأَرْمُقَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ فَتَوَسَّدْتُ عَتَبَتَهُ أَوْ فُسْطَاطَهُ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَتِلْكَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً  

[Machine] I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he continued to stand in prayer until I intended to do something wrong. I asked him, "What did you intend?" He said, "I intended to sit down and leave the Prophet ﷺ ."  

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قُلْتُ مَا هَمَمْتَ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَدَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most virtuous prayer is prolonged supplication."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  

[Machine] A man asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Which prayer is better?" He replied, "The one with longer prostration." Abu Bakr ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi informed us that Hajib ibn Ahmad narrated from Muhammad ibn Hammad who narrated from Abu Mu'awiyah who narrated from al-A'mash that he mentioned this hadith in a similar manner, except that he said, "He was asked."  

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أِيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ 4687 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ سُئِلَ  

[Machine] O Abu Abdur-Rahman, how do you read this Ayah "{from unsullied water}" [Muhammad: 15], do you read it as ya or alif? So he said, "I have counted all of the Quran except for this one." Abdullah said, "I read the detailed one in each rakah." He said, "Abdullah did this as the poets do. Indeed, from the best of prayer is the rukoo and the sujood, and the Quran will be recited by people whose provision does not exceed their ankles. But when it is recited, it penetrates the heart and benefits. I definitely know the equivalent(s) which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in two surahs in each rakah, then he stood and entered [prostration]. Alqamah came and entered [the prostration]. We said, Ask him about the equivalents which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in each rakah." So he entered and asked him. Then he left and said, "Twenty surahs from the beginning of the Mufassal, in the compilation of Abdullah."  

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {مِنْ مَاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ} [محمد 15] أَيَاءً تَقْرَأُهَا أَوْ أَلِفًا؟ فَقَالَ كُلُّ الْقُرْآنِ قَدْ أَحْصَيْتُ غَيْرَ هَذَا قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَقْرَأُ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ إِنَّ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ وَلَيَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أَقْوَامٌ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا قُرِئَ فَرَسَخَ فِي الْقَلْبِ نَفَعَ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَدَخَلَ فَجَاءَ عَلْقَمَةُ فَدَخَلَ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ سَلْهُ عَنِ النَّظَائِرِ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِهَا فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَدَخَلَ فَسَأَلَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ عِشْرُونَ سُورَةً مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي تَأْلِيفِ عَبْدِ اللهِ  

[Machine] Abdullah is like the hair, indeed there are people who recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their throats. However, when it falls into the heart, it firmly establishes itself and benefits. Indeed, the best prayer is the bowing and prostration. And I know the similar verses that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in them two surahs in every unit of prayer. Then Abdullah stood up and entered into his tent, then he came out and said, "He has informed me about it."  

عَبْدُ اللهِ هَذٌّ كَهَذِّ الشَّعْرِ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا وَقَعَ فِي الْقَلْبِ فَرَسَخَ فِيهِ نَفَعَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلَاةِ الرُّكُوعُ وَالسُّجُودُ وَإِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلْقَمَةُ فِي إِثْرِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي بِهَا  

The Prophet [SAW] was asked: "Which deed is best?" He said: "Faith in which there is no doubt, Jihad in which there is no Ghulul, and Hajjatun Mabrur." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4986)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أِيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ إِيمَانٌ لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ وَجِهَادٌ لَا غُلُولَ فِيهِ وَحَجَّةٌ مَبْرُورَةٌ قِيلَ أِيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقِيَامِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] Is this like this poem and prose like prose, but the Prophet ﷺ used to recite similar passages in two units of prayer: Surah Al-Rahman and Al-Najm in one unit, Al-Haqqah in one unit, Al-Toor and Al-Dhariyat in one unit, and If the Fish Is swallowed in one unit, and he is wondering and the Apostles in one unit, and smoke and when the sun is wrapped in one unit, 4692 and others increased from Israel in this hadith, and a questioner asked and those who pull out in one unit, and wail to the defrauders, and he frowned in one unit, then he mentioned what happened after it, Abu Ali Al-Rowzabari told us Muhammad bin Bakr told us Abu Dawood, Abbad bin Musa told us Ismail bin Jafar from Israel, so he mentioned it with his increase 4693 and Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz told us Abu Bakr bin Ishaq al-Faqih, Ahmad bin Salama narrated to us Ishaq bin Ibrahim, and Isa bin Yunus narrated to us Al-Amash from Shaqiq from Abdullah, so he mentioned the hadith in the sense of the hadith of Wakee’, except that he said: "The best prayer is bowing and prostrating. I know the similar ones that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in them twenty surahs in ten units."  

أَهَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ وَنَثْرًا كَنَثْرِ الدَّقَلِ لَكِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ النَّظَائِرَ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ الرَّحْمَنَ وَالنَّجْمَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَاقْتَرَبَتْ وَالْحَاقَّةَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَالطُّورَ وَالذَّارِيَاتِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَإِذَا وَقَعَتْ وَالنُّونَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَالدُّخَانَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ فِي رَكْعَةٍ 4692 وَزَادَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي هِذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَسَأَلَ سَائِلٌ وَالنَّازِعَاتِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ وَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ وَعَبَسَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِزِيَادَتِهِ 4693 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ نا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ وَكِيعٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إنَّ أَحْسَنَ الصَّلَاةِ الرُّكُوعُ وَالسُّجُودُ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ عِشْرِينَ سُورَةً فِي عَشْرِ رَكَعَاتٍ  

[Machine] "And I used to recite twenty Surahs in each unit of prayer, but someone informed me that they had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying that each Surah has its portion from the bowing and prostrating, which was confirmed by Abdullah bin Ziyad on the authority of Aasim in the narration of Abu Al-Aliyah."  

وَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عِشْرِينَ سُورَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِكُلِّ سُورَةٍ حَظُّهَا مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ  

[Machine] Anas asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Who informed you about this?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I remember and recall the place where it was narrated to me."  

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِكُلِّ سُورَةٍ حَظُّهَا مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنَسٌ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ؟ قَالَ وَإِنِّي لَأَذْكُرُ وَأَذْكُرُ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا فِيهِ  

[Machine] I passed by Abu Dharr wearing a cloak while I was on Hajj, so I entered his house and found him praying while he minimized his standing as much as he recited "Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar" [Surah al-Kawthar, 108:1] and "When the victory of Allah has come" [Surah al-Nasr, 110:1], and he prolonged his bowing and prostration. When he finished the prayer, I said to him, "O Abu Dharr, I saw you minimizing your standing and prolonging your bowing and prostration." He replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'No slave prostrates to Allah, or performs a bowing to Allah, except that Allah removes a sin from him and elevates him in a rank by it.'"  

مَرَرْتُ بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَأَنَا حَاجٌّ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ مَنْزِلَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي يُخَفِّفُ الْقِيَامَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ {إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ} [الكوثر 1] وَ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ} [النصر 1] وَيُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ رَأَيْتُكَ تُخَفِّفُ الْقِيَامَ وَتُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً أَوْ يَرْكَعُ لِلَّهِ رَكْعَةً إِلَّا حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, when a servant stands up to pray, his sins are brought and placed on his head and shoulders, and whenever he bows or prostrates, they fall off of him."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي أُتِيَ بِذُنُوبِهِ فَجُعِلَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَعَاتِقَيْهِ فَكُلَّمَا رَكَعَ أَوْ سَجَدَ تَسَاقَطَتْ عَنْهُ  

[Machine] The reading of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was as much as those in the room could hear while he was in the house.  

كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يَسْمَعُهُ مَنْ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ  

[Machine] He informed him, saying, "I asked Ibn Abbas and said to him, 'How was the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said, 'He used to recite in some of his chambers and his recitation would be heard by those who were outside.'"  

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي بَعْضِ حُجَرِهِ فَيَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ مَنْ كَانَ خَارِجًا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by Abu Bakr while he was praying and lowering his voice, and he passed by Umar while he was praying and raising his voice. When they both gathered with the Prophet ﷺ , he said to Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr, I passed by you while you were praying and lowering your voice." Abu Bakr said, "I heard the One whom I was conversing with." Then he said, "O Umar, I passed by you while you were praying and raising your voice." Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, I use it as a means to wake up the drowsy." The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "Raise your voice a little." And he said to Umar, "Lower your voice a little." And this was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ by Thabit al-Bunani, who mentioned it as a hadith mursal (a report where the Successor drops the name of the companion he heard it from, and transmits it as a statement of the Prophet). He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I use it as a means to wake up the drowsy and repel the devil."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ قَالَ لَقَدْ أَسْمَعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ فَقَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَأَنْتَ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أحْتَسِبُ بِهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا 4701 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ مُرْسَلًا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ وَأَطْرُدُ الشَّيْطَانَ  

Raise your voice a litte ; or he said to 'Umar: Lower your voice a little. But this version adds: (The Prophet said:) I heard you, Bilal, (reciting) ; you were reciting partly from this surah and partly from that surah. He said: This is all good speech ; Allah has combined one part with the other; The Prophet ﷺ said: All of you were correct. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1330)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ارْفَعْ شَيْئًا وَلَا لِعُمَرَ اخْفِضْ شَيْئًا قَالَ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ يَا بِلَالُ وَأَنْتَ تَقْرَأُ مِنْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ وَمِنْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ كَلَامٌ طَيِّبٌ يَجْمَعُهُ اللهُ ﷻ بَعْضُهُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ أَصَابَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ retired to the mosque. He heard them (the people) reciting the Qur'an in a loud voice. He removed the curtain and said: Lo! every one of you is calling his Lord quietly. One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1332)   

اعْتَكَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَمِعَهُمْ يَجْهَرُونَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَشَفَ الْمَسْتُورَةَ وَقَالَ أَلَا إِنَّ كُلَّكُمْ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَلَا يُؤْذِيَنَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا وَلَا يَرْفَعَنَّ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to the people while they were praying and their voices were raised in recitation, so he said: "Verily, the one who prays is having a private conversation with his Lord, so let him look towards what he is conversing with Him, and do not raise your voices over one another in recitation."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَقَدْ عَلَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُصَلِّيَ مُنَاجٍ رَبَّهُ فَلْيَنْظُرْ مَا يُنَاجِيهِ بِهِ وَلَا يَجْهَرْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard a man reciting in the mosque at night. He said, "May Allah have mercy on him, he has reminded me of such and such verse from Surah such and such which I had forgotten."  

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ بِاللَّيْلِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً نُسِّيتُهَا مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "May Allah have mercy on so-and-so, like any verse that reminded me of it tonight, which I have forgotten."  

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ فُلَانًا كَأَيِّنْ مِنْ آيَةٍ ذَكَّرَنِيهَا اللَّيْلَةَ كُنْتُ أَسْقَطْتُهَا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard a man reciting during the night and said, "May Allah have mercy on him. He reminded me of such and such verse which I had forgotten from Surah so and so."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً كُنْتُ أَسْقَطْتُهَا عَنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "If you could see me while I am listening to your recitation last night, you would have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David." Then he said, "If I knew, I would have sealed it for you."  

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَتَكَ الْبَارِحَةَ لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ فَقَالَ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ لَحَبَّرْتُهُ لَكَ تَحْبِيرًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has not allowed anything that He has not allowed for a Prophet with a beautiful voice to recite the Quran melodiously and aloud."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أَذِنَ اللهُ لِشَيْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِنَبِيٍّ حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ