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"كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ قَائِمًا، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ جَعَلَ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا، فَإِذَا بَقِيَتْ عَلَيْه ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:1227Abū Marwān al-ʿUthmānī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offer any of the night prayers in any way other than standing, until he became old. Then he started to pray sitting down until, when there were thirty or forty Verses left of his recitation, he would stand up and recite them, and prostrate.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٢٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ إِلاَّ قَائِمًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ فَجَعَلَ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا حَتَّى إِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِرَاءَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً أَوْ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا وَسَجَدَ  

ahmad:25689Wakīʿ > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray while sitting after he reached old age, until the remaining verses of the Surah were thirty or forty, then he would stand and recite, then he would perform a bow.  

أحمد:٢٥٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا بَعْدَمَا دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ حَتَّى إِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ  

ahmad:24961ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to not recite anything from the night prayer while sitting until he reached an older age. And when there remained thirty or forty verses, he would stand and recite them, then he would prostrate.  

أحمد:٢٤٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَقْرَأُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ جَالِسًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ وَكَانَ إِذَا بَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ جَالِسًا

ibnhibban:2509Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr al-Saʿdī > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray while sitting after he reached old age. When there were 30 verses remaining from the surah, he would stand up and recite them, then he would perform the rukoo' (bowing).  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ بَعْدَمَا دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ وَكَانَ إِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لَمَّا حَطَمَهُ السِّنُّ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ جَالِسًا

ibnhibban:2632al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād al-Narsī > Wuhayb b. Khālid > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offer any of the night prayers in any way other than standing, until he became old. Then he started to pray sitting down until, when there were thirty or forty Verses left of his recitation, he would stand up and recite them, and prostrate.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1227)   

ابن حبّان:٢٦٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي شَيْئًا مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ جَالِسًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:2633ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"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)   

ابن حبّان:٢٦٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ جَالِسًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ»