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tabarani:15912Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Namir > Kurayb > al-Faḍl b. ʿAbbās

[Machine] One night, I stayed with the Prophet ﷺ to observe how he prays. He approached a carved log that was hanging on the wall, performed ablution, and then prayed two units of prayer. His standing posture was similar to his bowing posture, and his bowing posture was similar to his prostration. He then slept and woke up, performed ablution, sprinkled water on himself, and recited fifty verses from Surah Al-Imran: "Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day..." He continued to do this until he prayed ten units of prayer. After that, he stood up and performed one prostration and performed the Witr prayer with it. At that moment, the caller to prayer made the call, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the caller was silent and prayed two light prostrations. Then he sat until he prayed the Fajr prayer.  

الطبراني:١٥٩١٢حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِأَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ إِلَى قِرْبَةٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ بِوَتَدٍ فِي الْجِدَارِ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قِيَامُهُ مِثْلُ رُكُوعِهِ وَرُكُوعُهُ مِثْلُ سُجُودِهِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْخَمْسِينَ آيَةً مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ {إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ} فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَفْعَلْ هَذَا حَتَّى صَلَّى عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي سَجْدَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَوْتَرَ بِهَا وَنَادَى الْمُنَادِي عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَمَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ حَتَّى صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ  


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abudawud:1355Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿĀṣim > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Namir > Kurayb > al-Faḍl b. ʿAbbās

I spent a night with the Prophet ﷺ to see how he prayed. He got up, performed ablution and prayed two rak'ahs. His standing was like his bowing (i.e. equal in duration), and his bowing was like his prostration (equal in length). Then he slept. Afterwards he awoke, performed ablution, and used tooth-stick. He then recited five verses from Surah Al-'Imran : "In the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day". He went on doing so till he prayed ten rak'ahs. He then stood up and prayed one rak'ah observing witr with it. In the meantime the mu'adhdhin called to prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the mu'adhdhin had kept silent. He prayed two light rak'ahs and remained sitting till he offered the dawn prayer. Abu Dawud said: A part of the tradition transmitted by Ibn Bashshar remained hidden from me.  

أبو داود:١٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لأَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قِيَامُهُ مِثْلُ رُكُوعِهِ وَرُكُوعُهُ مِثْلُ سُجُودِهِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِخَمْسِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ { إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ } فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا حَتَّى صَلَّى عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَوْتَرَ بِهَا وَنَادَى الْمُنَادِي عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ حَتَّى صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ  

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