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ذِكْرُ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُومُ فِيهِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لِلتَّهَجُّدِ

ibnhibban:2589ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Yūsuf b. Mūsá > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > Saʾalnā ʿĀʾishah

"I came to Al-Aswad bin Yazid, who was a close friend of mine and said: 'O Abu 'Amr, tell me what the Mother of the Believers told you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'She said: "He used to sleep for the first part of the night and stay up for the latter part.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1640)   

ابن حبّان:٢٥٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ سَأَلْنَا عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ آخِرَهُ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1640Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq

"I came to Al-Aswad bin Yazid, who was a close friend of mine and said: 'O Abu 'Amr, tell me what the Mother of the Believers told you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'She said: "He used to sleep for the first part of the night and stay up for the latter part.'"  

النسائي:١٦٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الأَسْوَدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ وَكَانَ لِي أَخًا صَدِيقًا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو حَدِّثْنِي مَا حَدَّثَتْكَ بِهِ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيُحْيِي آخِرَهُ  

ibnmajah:1365Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep during the first part of the night and stay awake during the latter part.”  

ابن ماجة:١٣٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيُحْيِي آخِرَهُ  

ahmad:24342Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl Waʾabī > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] About the night prayer of the Prophet ﷺ , it is said that he used to sleep first and then stand up at the end.  

أحمد:٢٤٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَبِي عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَهُ وَيَقُومُ آخِرَهُ  

ahmad:26156Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Isrāʾīl > Abīʾisḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep during the first part of the night and stay awake during the latter part.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1365)   

أحمد:٢٦١٥٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِيإِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيُحْيِي آخِرَهُ  

ahmad:24779Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep during the first part of the night and stay awake during the latter part.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1365)   

أحمد:٢٤٧٧٩حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ آخِرَهُ  

nasai-kubra:1311Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá / Ibn Ādam > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq

"I came to Al-Aswad bin Yazid, who was a close friend of mine and said: 'O Abu 'Amr, tell me what the Mother of the Believers told you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'She said: "He used to sleep for the first part of the night and stay up for the latter part.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1640)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣١١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْأَسْوَدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ وَكَانَ لِي أَخًا وَصَدِيقًا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي مَا حَدَّثَتْكَ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَتْ كَانَ «يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَيُحْيِي آخِرَهُ»