19. Tahajjud (Night Prayer)

١٩۔ كتاب التهجد

19.9 To prolong the standing posture in the Tahajjud

١٩۔٩ باب طُولِ الْقِيَامِ فِي صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ

Extreme length of the night prayer of the Prophet ﷺ

bukhari:1135Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he remained standing until I was about to do something bad. We said, “What were you about to do?” He said, “I was about to sit down and leave the Prophet ﷺ.”

البخاري:١١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ، قُلْنَا: وَمَا هَمَمْتَ؟ قَالَ: هَمَمْتَ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَذَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ.

bukhari:1136Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥuṣayn > Abū Wāʾil > Ḥudhayfah

Whenever the Prophet ﷺ got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak.

البخاري:١١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ لِلتَّهَجُّدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِ