[Machine] That Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib sent him to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , for a need, and it was the night when Maymuna bint al-Harith, the aunt of Ibn Abbas, was there. So he entered upon her and found the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , in the mosque. Ibn Abbas said, "I lay down in his room and thought to myself, how much does the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , pray?" Then he came to me while I was lying down in the room after a third of the night had passed, and he said, "Lie down." He said again, "Then he took a cloak and covered Maymuna with part of it, and some of it was on her. Then he stood up and prayed two rak'ahs, until he prayed eight rak'ahs, then he offered the Witr prayer with five rak'ahs, without sitting between them. Then he sat down and praised Allah and praised Him abundantly. Then his last words were, "O Allah, make light in my heart, and make light in my hearing, and make light in my sight, and make light for me on my right and make light for me on my left, and make light for me ahead of me and make light for me behind me, and increase me in light and increase me in light."
أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ وَكَانَتْ لَيْلَةَ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ خَالَةِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَوَجَدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ فَجَعَلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنْ أُحْصِيَ كَمْ يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَجَاءَ وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعٌ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْقُدْ أَوْ بَعْدُ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَ مِلْحَفَةً عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ فَارْتَدَى بِبَعْضِهَا وَعَلَيْهَا بَعْضُهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى صَلَّى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ بَيْنَهُنَّ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ فَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الثَّنَاءِ ثُمَّ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ أَنْ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي قَلْبِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي سَمْعِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي بَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَنُورًا عَنْ شِمَالِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا بَيْنَ يَدِيَّ وَنُورًا خَلْفِي وَزِدْنِي نُورًا وَزِدْنِي نُورًا