[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»