"The Messenger of Allah got up one night and got dressed, then he went out. I told my slave girl Barirah to follow him, so she followed him until he came to Al-Baqi. Then he stood near if for as long as Allah willed that he should stand, then he left. Barirah came back before he did and told me, but I did not mention anything until morning came, then I mentioned that to him. He said: 'I was sent to the people of Al-Baqi' to pray for them."'  

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

Malik related to me from AIqama ibn Abi Alqama that his mother said that she had heard A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose one night and put on his clothes and then went out. I ordered my slave-girl, Barira, to follow him, and she followed him until he got to al-Baqi. He stood near it as long as Allah willed and then he left. Barira arrived back before him and told me and I did not say anything to him until morning, and then I mentioned it to him and he explained, 'I was sent out to the people of al-Baqi to pray for them.' "  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

[Machine] She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one night, so I sent Barirah after him to see where he went. She said: He went towards Baqi'al-Gharqad and stood at the lowest part of Baqi'ah, then he raised his hands and departed. Barirah returned to me and informed me. When I woke up in the morning, I asked him: O Messenger of Allah, where did you go last night? He said: I was sent to the people of Baqi' to pray for them.  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَرْسَلْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فِي أَثَرِهِ لِتَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ ذَهَبَ قَالَتْ فَسَلَكَ نَحْوَ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَى الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَفَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيَّ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ خَرَجْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

"The Messenger of Allah got up one night and got dressed, then he went out. I told my slave girl Barirah to follow him, so she followed him until he came to Al-Baqi. Then he stood near if for as long as Allah willed that he should stand, then he left. Barirah came back before he did and told me, but I did not mention anything until morning came, then I mentioned that to him. He said: 'I was sent to the people of Al-Baqi' to pray for them."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2038)  

أَنَّهَا سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ»