The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Al-Isra') I came to Musa, peace be upon him, at the red dune, and he was standing, praying in his grave." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1631)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي عَلَى مُوسَى عِنْدَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي قَبْرِهِ» خَالَفَهُ حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ  

[Machine] "That Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, 'I passed by the grave of Moses while he was praying.' Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (one of the narrators) said, 'This narration is more accurate than the one before it, as it contradicts Al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَرَرْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي قَبْرِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ مِنَ الَّذِي قَبْلُهُ خَالَفَهُ الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ  

"I heard my father say: I heard Anas say: 'One of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that on the Night Journey, the Prophet ﷺ passed by Musa, peace be upon him, and he was praying in his grave.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1636)   

حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ «مَرَّ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي قَبْرِهِ»  

The Prophet ﷺ said: 'On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey, I passed by Musa and he was praying in his grave.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1637)  

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْلَةُ أُسْرِيَ بِي مَرَرْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي قَبْرِهِ»  

[Machine] About his father who had witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said that he had observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a night of prayer, during which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept vigil until dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, Khubbab came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I swear by my father and mother, you have prayed tonight a prayer that I have never seen you pray before." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, it was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord three things in it, and He gave me two and denied me one. I asked my Lord that He does not destroy us as He destroyed the previous nations, and He granted me that. I asked my Lord that He does not expose us to an enemy other than ourselves, and He granted me that. And I asked my Lord that He does not divide us into sects, and He denied me that."  

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ رَاقَبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً مَا رَأَيْتُكَ صَلَّيْتَ نَحْوَهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا  

[Machine] I observed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a prayer that he performed until it was close to dawn. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ completed his prayer, Khabbab came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, by my father and mother, you have prayed tonight in a demanding and fearful manner." He said, "Yes, indeed. It was a prayer of desire and fear. I asked my Lord three things and He granted me two and denied me one. I asked Him not to destroy us as He destroyed the nations before us, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to make our enemies from among others, and He granted me that. And I asked Him not to make us wear the clothes of dissension, and He denied me that."  

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا حَتَّى كَانَ مَعَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ جَاءَهُ خَبَّابٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةً قَالَ أَجَلْ إِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ رَغَبٍ وَرَهَبٍ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَنَا بِمَا أَهْلَكَ بِهِ الْأُمَمَ قَبْلَنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَنَا شِيَعًا فَمَنَعَنِيهَا  

"Aishah may Allah (SWT) be pleased with her, said: ' When the last ten nights of Ramadan began, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed up at night (for prayer) and he woke his family up and tightened his waist-wrap.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1639)  

عَائِشَةُ كَانَ «إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْعَشْرُ أَحْيَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللَّيْلَ وَأَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ وَشَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ»  

"I do not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the whole Qur'an in one night, or spent a whole night in worship until dawn, or that he ever fasted an entire month apart from Ramadan." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1641)  

لَا أَعْلَمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَلَا قَامَ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى الصَّبَّاحِ وَلَا صَامَ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ»  

I would definitely watch at night the prayer observed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He prayed two short rak'ahs, then two long, long, long rak'ahs, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding rak'ahs, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then observed a single one (Witr), making a total of thirteen rak'ahs (Using translation from Muslim 765)  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَأَرْمُقَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثُ عَشْرَةِ رَكْعَةً»  

That he spent a night with Maimunah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, who was also his (Ibn 'Abbas's) maternal aunt. I lay towards the width of the pillow and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his wife slept towards its length. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept. When half the night passed, or a little before it or a little after it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ awoke and began to rub his face (eyes) to remove the sleep. He then recited ten verses from the last part of Surah 'Al-Imran. Hen then came to a bag of water that was hanging. He performed ablution from it and performed his ablution well. He then stood up and prayed. I also got up and did as he did. I then went and stood at his side. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his right hand upon my head and took me by my ear twisting it. He then prayed two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs. The narrator al-Qa'nabi said: Six times. He observed the witr prayer, and then slept until the mu'adhdhin came. He got up and prayed two light rak'ahs and then came out and offered the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1367)  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَاتَ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ قَالَ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ فِي طُولِهَا وَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ يَمْسَحُ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْعَشْرَ الْآيَاتِ الْخَوَاتِمَ مِنْ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُمْتُ فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي الْيُمْنَى يَفْتِلُهَا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحِ  

How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray during the night ? He replied: I spent a night with him when he was with Maimunah. He slept and awoke when half the night or one-third of it had passed. He stood up and went to a leather bad containing water. He performed ablution and I also performed ablution with him. He then stood up and I also stood at his left side. He made me stand at his right side. He then put his hand upon my head, as he was touching my ear and awakening me. He then prayed two light rak'ahs and recited Surah al-Fatihah in each of them, and uttered the salutation. He then prayed eleven rak'ahs observing the witr and slept. Then Bilal came to him and said: Prayer, Messenger of Allah. He got up and prayed two rak'ahs, and then led the people in the prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1364)   

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ يُقْرَأُ فِي بَعْضِ حُجُرِهِ فَيَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ مَنْ كَانَ خَلْفَهُ وَقَالَ بِتُّ عِنْدَهُ لَيْلَةً وَهُوَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ فَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَيْمُونَةُ عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ مَحْشُوَّةٍ لِيفًا فَنَامَ حَتَّى إِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفُهُ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقَامَ إِلَى شَنٍّ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَجَعَلَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ أُذُنَيَّ كَأَنَّهُ يُوقِظُنِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قُلْتُ قَرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ حَتَّى صَلَّى إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بِالْوِتْرِ ثُمَّ نَامَ حَتَّى اسْتَثْقَلَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْفُخُ فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

[Machine] My father sent me to the Prophet ﷺ with a gift of camels from the charity. When I arrived, it was the blessed night and Maymuna, the aunt of Ibn Abbas, was with him. He went to the mosque and prayed night prayers, then he came and took off his clothes and entered with his wife in her clothes. I took off my clothes and put them under me, then I lied down on them. I said, "I will not sleep tonight until I see what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ does." He slept until he snored and Allah willed that the night passed away, then he got up and left. He saw a water container and put it in a low place and poured water on his hands, then he rinsed his mouth. He washed his hands and face, then he performed ablution until he finished. I wanted to get up and pour water on him, but I was afraid that he would leave the night for me, so he stood up to pray. I got up and did the same as he did, then I came to him and stood to his left, so he took me by the hand and stood me to his right. He prayed thirteen units of prayer, then he lied down until Bilal came and called for prayer. He stood up and performed two units of prayer before dawn." Sa`eed ibn Jubayr disputed with him.  

بَعَثَنِي أَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي إِبِلٍ أَعْطَاهَا إِيَّاهُ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ وَكَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ مَيْمُونَةَ وَكَانَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ خَالَةَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَطَرَحَ ثَوْبَهُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ فِي ثِيَابِهَا فَأَخَذْتُ ثَوْبِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَطْوِيهِ تَحْتِي ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَا أَنَامُ اللَّيْلَةَ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا يَصْنَعُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَرَجَ فَبَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى سِقَاءًا مُوكَئًا فَحَلَّ وِكَاءَهُ ثُمَّ صَبَّ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ وَطِئَ عَلَى فَمِ السِّقَاءِ فَجَعَلَ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ وَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ فَأَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ فَخِفْتُ أَنْ يَدَعَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِي ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ فَفَعَلْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي فَعَلَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَتَنَاوَلَنِي بِيَدِهِ فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ «فَصَلَّى ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَذَّنَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ» خَالَفَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Witr and recite: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High.’, [Al-A’la (87)] ‘Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas (112)] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1171)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ بِسَبَّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ خَالَفَهُ الْحَكَمُ  

Once I passed the night in the house of my aunt Maimuna. Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the ʿIsha' prayer and then came to the house and offered four rakʿat an slept. Later on, he woke up and stood for the prayer and I stood on his left side. He drew me to his right and prayed five rakʿat and then two. He then slept till I heard him snoring (or heard his breath sounds). Afterwards he went out for the morning prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 697)   

بِتُّ فِي بَيْتِ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ قَالَ لَا أَحْفَظُ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَجَعَلَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ خَالَفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادٍ  

[Machine] That Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib sent him on a need to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and Maymuna bint al-Harith was the aunt of Ibn Abbas. He entered upon her and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque. Ibn Abbas said, "So I lay down in her room and began to count how many units the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed. He came while I was lying down in the room after the night had passed. He said, 'Did the child fall asleep?' So he took a blanket and put it on Maymuna and wore some of it and left some on her, then he stood up and prayed two units, two units, until he prayed eight units, then he performed Witr with five units, without sitting between them. Then he sat down and praised Allah with what is his rightful due, and then he increased in praise."  

أَنَّ عَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بَعَثَهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ خَالَةَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَوَجَدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا وَجَعَلْتُ أُحْصِي كَمْ يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعٌ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ فَقَالَ أَرَقَدَ الْوَلِيدُ؟ «فَتَنَاوَلَ مِلْحَفَةً عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ فَارْتَدَى بِبَعْضِهَا وَعَلَيْهَا بَعْضٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى صَلَّى ثَمَانِي رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ بَيْنَهُنَّ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ ثُمَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الثَّنَاءِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray two units and then leave and brush his teeth. Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas disagreed with him.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ فَيَسْتَاكُ» خَالَفَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ  

[Machine] The Prophet stood up at night, then he yawned and prayed two units of prayer, then he slept. Then he stood up and yawned, then he performed ablution and prayed two units of prayer, then he prayed six units of prayer, then he performed the Witr prayer with three units, and then he prayed two units of prayer. Zaid ibn Abi Unaisa (may Allah be pleased with him) contradicted him. Muhammad ibn Jabalah al-Raqiqi informed me, he said: Ma'mar ibn Makhled, a trustworthy Jazari, narrated to us, he said: 'Ubaidullah narrated to us from Zaid ibn Abi Unaisa, who narrated from Habib, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali, who narrated from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah woke up and yawned, then he made supplication and started narrating the Hadith, with Yahya ibn al-Jazzaar.'  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ «فَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى سِتًّا ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ» خَالَفَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ [136] 1347 أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ الرَّافِقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثِقَةٌ جَزَرِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ زَيْدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَنَّ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْجَزَّارِ  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eight rak'ahs at night and pray witr with three, and pray two rak'ahs before Fajr." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1707)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ» خَالَفَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ رَوَاهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بن الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray witr with thirteen rak'ahs, and when he grew older and weaker he prayed witr with nine." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1708)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثِ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فَلَمَّا كَبُرَ وَضَعُفَ أَوْتَرَ بِتِسْعٍ» خَالَفَهُ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ رَوَاهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine units of night prayer. But when he got older and became heavy, he prayed seven units. Sufyan bin Sa'id contradicted him and narrated it from Al-A'mash from Ibrahim from Al-Aswad from Aisha.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعًا فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَثَقُلَ صَلَّى سَبْعًا» خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray nine Rak'ahs at night." Abu 'Abdul Rahman said: Abu Al-Ahwas Salam bin Sulaym narrated both of the hadiths.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَوَى أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ سَلَامُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ جَمِيعًا  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine rak'ahs at night." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1725)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine Rak'ahs at night. But when he became old and weak, he prayed seven Rak'ahs. Abu 'Abdullah followed Abu 'Awanah and narrated both Hadiths together, and this is their last act together.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ لَحْمُهُ وَأَسَنَّ صَلَّى سَبْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ تَابَعَهُ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ فَحَدَّثَ بِالْحَدِيثَيْنِ جَمِيعًا وَآخَرَ مَعَهُمَا  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ used to perform voluntary prayers of nine units, but when he grew older and weaker, he would perform the voluntary prayers of seven units.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعٍ فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَثَقُلَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ»  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ used to perform "Witr prayer with nine units".  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعٍ»  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ used to pray nine Rak'ahs.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعٍ»  

[Machine] I asked Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar how the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was. They said, "Thirteen units of prayer and he would end it with three units and two units after the dawn prayer."  

سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنَ عُمَرَ كَيْفَ كَانَ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ قَالَا «ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ»  

“The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen Rak’ah at night.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1359)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً» مُرْسَلٌ  

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray in the night for a long time, and when he prayed standing be bowed in a standing posture, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed in a sitting posture. (Using translation from Muslim 730b)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا»  

"I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray sitting down until he grew old. Then he would pray sitting down and when there were thirty or forty verses left, he would stand up and recite them, then bow." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1649)  

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى جَالِسًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ يُقْرَأُ قَاعِدًا فَإِذَا غَبَرَ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not refrain from (kissing) my forehead when he was fasting, and he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting down." Then she said something to the effect that (referred to the prayers) other than the obligatory prayers. "And the dearest of actions to him was that in which a person persists, even if it is little." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1652)   

«مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ وَجْهِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَمَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعَنَاهَا إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِنْسَانُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا» خَالَفَهُ يُونُسُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not perform most of his prayers while sitting, except for the obligatory ones. Shu'bah disagreed with this.  

«مَا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ جَالِسًا إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ» خَالَفَهُ شُعْبَةُ  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)   

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ «أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلَّا الْفَرِيضَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ» خَالَفَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ  

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died (in this very state) that he observed most of his (Nafl) prayers in a sitting position. (Using translation from Muslim 732c)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى كَانَ «كَثِيرٌ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»  

"I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying sitting down and I said: 'I was told that you said that the prayer of one who is sitting down is worth half of the prayer of the one who is standing up.' He said: 'Yes indeed, but I am not like any one of you.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1659)  

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا فَقُلْتُ حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ إِنَّ صَلَاةَ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا قَالَ «أَجَلْ وَلَكِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ»  

"I asked the Prophet ﷺ about one who prays sitting down. He said: 'Whoever prays standing up is better, and one who prays sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing up. And whoever prays lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting down.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1660)  

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا لَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ»  

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a seated position." Abu Abdur Rahman said, "We do not know anyone who narrated this hadith except for Abu Dawud Al-Hafri from Hafs."  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مُتَرَبِّعًا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ غَيْرَ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْحَفْرِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to a group of people who were praying while seated due to illness. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer of the seated person is equivalent to half the prayer of the standing person." Abu Abdur-Rahman said, "This is a mistake, and the correct narration is Ismail from the servant of Ibn Al-'Assi from Abdullah bin Amr."  

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاسٍ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ قُعُودًا مِنْ مَرِضٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى مِثْلِ نِصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِابْنِ الْعَاصِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , who said: "The prayer of a man sitting is half the prayer of the standing one."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ جَالِسًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ»  

[Machine] He told him that Sa'id had entered upon Aisha after the Prophet ﷺ had passed away, and he said: "I have grown old and I am not able to pray except while sitting. What do you think?" She replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The prayer of a man while sitting is equal to half of his prayer while standing.'" Sufyan Ath-Thawri contradicted them.  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ السَّائِبَ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ بَعْدَمَا قَبَضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قد كَبِرْتُ وَإِنِّي لَسْتُ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ إِلَّا جَالِسًا فَكَيْفَ تَرَيْنَ فَقَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ جَالِسًا مِثْلُ نِصْفِ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا» خَالَفَهُمَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The sitting prayer is equivalent to half of the standing prayer."  

عَنْ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ»  

[Machine] "The prayer of a seated person is half the prayer of a standing person."  

«صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ نِصْفُ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer of a man while sitting is half of his prayer while standing."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer of a man while sitting is only half of his prayer while standing." Abdur Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated this hadith.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا» وَقَفَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ  

[Machine] Abu Abdulrahman narrated this hadith from Abdullah Ibn Amr more than once in a raised (i.e. elevated) manner. Mention of the differences regarding Al-Zuhri in this hadith.  

أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو مَرْفُوعًا [146] ذِكْرُ الِاخْتِلَافِ عَلَى الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The sitting prayer is equal to half of the standing prayer." Abu Abdur Rahman said, "This is a mistake and the correct opinion is from Al-Zuhri, narrated from Abdullah ibn Amr, it contradicts what Muhammad ibn Ishaq said. How should the recitation be at night?"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو مُرْسَلٌ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ كَيْفَ الْقِرَاءَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ  

"I asked Aishah: "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite at night- did he recite loudly or silently?" She said: 'He used to do both; sometimes he recited loudly and sometimes he recited silently.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1662)  

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ أَيَجْهَرُ أَمْ يُسِرُّ؟ قَالَتْ «كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا جَهَرَ وَرُبَّمَا أَسَرَّ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The one who recites the Qur'an loudly is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur'an silently is like the one who gives charity in secret.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1663)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ» [147] التَّرْتِيلُ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ  

"What do you want to know about his prayer (I.e., you can never match it)? He used to pray, then sleep for as long as he had prayed, then he would pray as long as he had slept, then he would sleep as long as he had prayed, until dawn came." Then she described to him his recitation, and she described a clear recitation in which every letter was distinct. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1629)   

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَاتِهِ قَالَتْ «مَا لَكُمْ وَصَلَاتِهِ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَدْرَ مَا نَامَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ بِقَدْرِ مَا صَلَّى حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ثُمَّ نَعَتَتْ لَهُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْلَى بْنُ مَمْلَكٍ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ الْمَشْهُورِ  

"I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offer his voluntary prayers sitting down until one year before his death. Then he used to pray sitting down, reciting the surah so slowly that it seemed to be longer than a surah that is longer." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1658)  

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي سُبْحَتَهُ قَاعِدًا قَطُّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ «يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا وَيُقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلِ مِنْهَا»