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ibnhibban:2475Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣayrafī > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Regarding the prayer of the Messenger of Allahﷺ she said: "He used to pray four units before noon, then he would go out and pray, then he would return and pray two units, then he would go out to the west, then he would return and pray two units, then he would go out to the night, then he would return and pray two units, then he would pray nine units of the night." I said, "Is he sitting or standing during the night?" She said, "He used to pray for a long time while standing." I said, "What if he recited while standing?" She said, "If he recited while standing, he would pray while standing, and if he recited while sitting, he would pray while sitting, then he would pray two units before dawn."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعًا» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَائِمًا؟ قَالَتْ «يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا» قُلْتُ فَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا؟ قَالَتْ «إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»  


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muslim:730aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ voluntary prayers, and she replied: Before the noon prayer, he used to pray four rak'ahs in my house; then would go out and lead the people in prayer; then come in and pray two rak'ahs. He would then lead the people in the sunset prayer; then come in and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would lead the people in the 'Isha' prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would pray nine rak'ahs during the night, including Witr. At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting, and when he recited the Holy Qur'an while standing, he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position, and when it was dawn he would pray two rak'ahs.  

مسلم:٧٣٠aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْعِشَاءَ وَيَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ الْوِتْرُ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَائِمًا وَلَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَكَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

abudawud:1251[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hushaym > Khālid [Chain 2] Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Maʿná > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked A'ishah about the voluntary prayers offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: Before the noon prayer he would pray four rak'ahs in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would lead the people in the night prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would pray nine rak'ahs during the night, including witr (prayer). At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting. When he recited the Qur'an while standing, he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position, and when dawn came he prayed two rak'ahs, then he would come out and lead the people in the dawn prayer.  

أبو داود:١٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ التَّطَوُّعِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمُ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ الْوِتْرُ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً قَائِمًا وَلَيْلاً طَوِيلاً جَالِسًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَكَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ صَلاَةَ الْفَجْرِ ﷺ  

ahmad:25819Ismāʿīl > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] About the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said: He used to pray four before noon prayer, two after it, two before afternoon prayer, two after sunset prayer, and two after night prayer. Then he would pray nine during the night. I asked: Was he standing or sitting? She said: He used to pray standing for a long time and sitting for a long time. I asked: How did he do when he was standing? And how did he do when he was sitting? She said: When he recited while standing, he would perform the prostration while standing, and when he recited while sitting, he would perform the prostration while sitting, and he would perform two units before the dawn prayer.  

أحمد:٢٥٨١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَثِنْتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعًا قُلْتُ أَقَائِمًا أَوْ قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانَ قَائِمًا؟ وَكَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانَ قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ  

ahmad:24019Hushaym > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked A'ishah about the voluntary prayers offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: Before the noon prayer he would pray four rak'ahs in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would lead the people in the night prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would pray nine rak'ahs during the night, including witr (prayer). At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting. When he recited the Qur'an while standing, he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position, and when dawn came he prayed two rak'ahs, then he would come out and lead the people in the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1251)  

أحمد:٢٤٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ التَّطَوُّعِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمُالْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ الْوَتْرُ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا جَالِسًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَكَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ

ibnhibban:2474Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] About the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, "He used to pray four units before noon prayer, two units after sunset prayer, two units after night prayer, and nine units at night." I asked, "Was he standing or sitting?" She said, "He used to pray for a long time both standing and sitting." I asked, "How did he do it while standing? And how did he do it while sitting?" She said, "When he recited while standing, he performed the units while standing, and when he recited while sitting, he performed the units while sitting."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا وَبَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبِاللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ» قُلْتُ قَائِمًا أَوْ قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا» قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانَ قَائِمًا؟ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانَ قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ «كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا»  

bayhaqi:4476[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hushaym > Khālid > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Maʿnī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked A'ishah about the voluntary prayers offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: Before the noon prayer he would pray four rak'ahs in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then return to my house and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would lead the people in the night prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'ahs. He would pray nine rak'ahs during the night, including witr (prayer). At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting. When he recited the Qur'an while standing, he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position, and when dawn came he prayed two rak'ahs, then he would come out and lead the people in the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1251)   

البيهقي:٤٤٧٦أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ هُشَيْمٌ (ح) وَأنبأ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أنبأ خَالِدٌ قَالَ وَثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا خَالِدٌ الْمَعْنِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنْ

صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ التَّطَوُّعِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهُمُ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ الْوِتْرُ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا جَالِسًا فَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَكَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى