[Machine] That his father sent him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a need. He said, "So I found him sitting among his companions in the mosque, and I was unable to speak to him. When he finished praying Maghrib, he stood up and bowed until the Muezzin called the Isha prayer, and the people followed. Then he prayed the prayer and stood in bowing until those who remained in the mosque left. Then he went to his house, and I followed him. When he heard my footsteps, he said, 'Who is this?' and turned to me. I said, 'Ibn Abbas.' He said, 'The cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' I said, 'The cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' He said, 'Welcome, the cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . What brought you?' I said, 'My father sent me with something and something.' He said, 'Did you come at this time?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'If you did not come to your appointment at this time, then you are not leaving.' He entered his house, and I entered with him. I said, 'I would like to see the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' So he slept until I heard him snore. Then he woke up and threw his gaze towards the sky and recited these verses from Surah Ali Imran, 'Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth,' until the end of the five verses, until he reached, 'Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise.' Then he said, 'O Allah, make light in my hearing, light in my sight, light beneath me, and give me light with You.' And beside him was a container filled with tooth stick from Arak, and he sharpened it, then rinsed, then he stood and prayed two rak'ahs, and again he slept until I heard him snore. Then he woke up and recited verses and invoked supplications, then he washed, then he prayed two rak'ahs, then he slept until I heard him snore. Then he woke up and recited verses and invoked supplications, then he washed, then he prayed two rak'ahs, then he slept until I heard him snore, and he recited the verses, then he invoked with the invocation, then he washed, then he stood and prayed a prayer I recognized he performs more rak'ahs in it. So I came to his left corner, and he took me by the ear and turned me until he positioned me to his right corner. Then he prayed two rak'ahs of Fajr, then he went out to the prayer.  

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ جَالِسًا فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَهُ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ قَامَ يَرْكَعُ حَتَّى أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِصَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَثَّابَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ فَقَامَ يَرْكَعُ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ مَنْ بَقِيَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ وَتَبِعْتُهُ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ حِسِّي قَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا؟» وَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ «ابْنُ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قُلْتُ ابْنُ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنِ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ بَعَثَنِي أَبِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ «السَّاعَةَ جِئْتَ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ «إِذْ لَمْ تَنْصَرِفْ إِلَى سَاعَتِكَ هذِهِ فَلَسْتَ مُنْصَرِفًا» فَدَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَامَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ غَطِيطَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَرَمَى بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَتَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ {إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ} إِلَى آخِرِهَا الْآيَاتِ الْخَمْسَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى {إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ} ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ لِي عِنْدَكَ نُورًا» وَإِلَى جَانِبِهِ مِخْضَبٌ مِنْ بِرَامٍ مُطْبَقٌ عَلَيْهِ سِوَاكٌ فَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَعَادَ فَنَامَ أَيْضًا حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ غَطِيطَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَلَا الْآيَاتِ وَدَعَا الدَّعْوَةَ ثُمَّ اسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَامَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ غَطِيطَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَلَا الْآيَاتِ وَدَعَا الدَّعْوَةَ ثُمَّ اسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَامَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ غَطِيطَهُ فَتَلَا الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالدَّعْوَةِ ثُمَّ اسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى صَلَاةً عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوتِرُ فِيهَا فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَأَخَذَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ فِي أُذُنِي فَأَدَارَنِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي إِلَى رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ