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ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الصَّلَاةِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِحِذَاءِ الْمَرْأَةِ النَّائِمَةِ قُدَّامَهُ

ibnhibban:2343Abū ʿArūbah > Bundār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 712)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ لَقَدْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:519ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

It is not good that you people have made us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys. No doubt I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying while I used to lie between him and the Qibla and when he wanted to prostrate, he pushed my legs and I withdrew them.  

البخاري:٥١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ رِجْلَىَّ فَقَبَضْتُهُمَا  

abudawud:712Musaddad > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated.  

أبو داود:٧١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْحِمَارِ وَالْكَلْبِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ رِجْلِي فَضَمَمْتُهَا إِلَىَّ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ  

ahmad:25696Wakīʿ > Hishām from his 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:٢٥٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ  

ahmad:25489Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I used to sleep uncomfortably between the hands of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying. When he wanted to perform Witr prayer, he would signal me with his foot and say, "Move aside."  

أحمد:٢٥٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ أَنَامُ مُعْتَرِضَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ تَنَحَّيْ  

ahmad:24274Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 712)   

أحمد:٢٤٢٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ يَعْنِي رِجْلَيَّ فَقَبَضْتُهُمَا إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ  

ahmad:24169Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 712)  

أحمد:٢٤١٦٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ يَعْنِي رِجْلِي فَضَمَمْتُهَا إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ إِيقَاظَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَائِشَةَ فِي الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ بِرِجْلِهِ دُونَ النُّطْقِ بِالْكَلَامِ

ibnhibban:2346al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray and I would be positioned in front of him concerning the Qibla, so when he intended to perform Witr prayer, he would gesture to me with his leg."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُعْتَرِضَةٌ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ أَمَامَهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ غَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ»