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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُصَلِّي أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ امْرَأَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ ذَاتُ مَحْرَمٍ لَهُ

ibnhibban:2341ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr al-Rabālī > ʿUmar b. ʿAlī > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray during the night while I was lying down, blocking the way between him and the qibla on the bed on which he and his family slept."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّبَالِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الَّذِي يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
bukhari:384ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > al-Layth > Yazīd > ʿIrāk > ʿUrwah

The Prophet ﷺ prayed while ʿAisha was lying between him and his Qibla on the bed on which they used to sleep.  

البخاري:٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عِرَاكٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَعَائِشَةُ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الَّذِي يَنَامَانِ عَلَيْهِ  

bukhari:515Isḥāq > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my cousin Ibn Shihāb

(the wife of the Prophet) Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to get up at night and pray while I used to lie across between him and the Qibla on his family's bed.  

البخاري:٥١٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَمَّهُ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ يَقْطَعُهَا شَىْءٌ فَقَالَ لاَ يَقْطَعُهَا شَىْءٌ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَإِنِّي لَمُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى فِرَاشِ أَهْلِهِ  

nasai:759ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr"  

النسائي:٧٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

ahmad:25637ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray at night while I lay interposed between him and the Qibla like a corpse on the bier. (Using translation from Muslim 512a)  

أحمد:٢٥٦٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ الْلَيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجِنَازَةِ  

ahmad:25942Ibn Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night and she (‘A’ishah) would lie between him and the qiblah, sleeping on the bed on which he would sleep. When he wanted to offer the witr prayer, he awakened her and she offered the witr prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 711)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٤٢حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الَّذِي يَرْقُدُ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

ahmad:24236Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺused to pray at night while I was lying down sleeping between him and the Qibla on his bed. When he wanted to pray witr he would wake me up and I would pray witr" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 759)   

أحمد:٢٤٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي  

ahmad:24562Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī And ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, ﷺ , said that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray at night while I was in between him and the Qibla.  

أحمد:٢٤٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ وَعَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ  

darimi:1453ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

Allah Apostle prayed while I was lying like a dead body on his family bed between him and his Qibla. (Using translation from Bukhārī 383)  

الدارمي:١٤٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي وَهِيَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ عَلَى فِرَاشِ أَهْلِهِ اعْتِرَاضَ الْجَنَازَةِ»