| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24683 | | Narrated Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray thirteen rakahs during the night ; he then offered two light rakahs of prayer when he heard the call to the dawn prayer. | The Chapter on Prolonging The Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24684 | | Narrated Aisha: The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen rakahs during the night. He would offer eight rakahs observing the witr with one rakah. Then he prayed the narrator Muslim said two rakahs after witr prayer in sitting position. When he wished to bow; he stood up and bowed. He used to pray two rakahs between the call to the dawn prayer and the iqamah. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Almasjid in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24685 | | Abu Salamah Bin Abdulrahman asked Aisha; the wife of the Prophet ﷺ : How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray during Ramadhan ? She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pray more than eleven rakahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan. He would pray four rakahs. Do not ask about their elegance and length. He then would pray for rakahs. Do not ask about their alegance and length. Then he would pray three rakahs. Aisha said: I asked: Messenger of Allah; do you sleep before observing witr ? He replied: Aisha; my eyes sleep; but my heart does not sleep. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers The Month Of Ramadan in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24686 | | Narrated Saad Bin Hisham: I divorced my wife. I then came to Medina to sell my land that was there so that I could buy arms and fight in battle. I met a group of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. They said: Six persons of us intended to do so i.e. divorce their wives and purchase weapons ; but the Prophet ﷺ prohibited them. He said: For you in the Messenger of Allah there is an excellent model. I then came to Ibn Abbas and asked him about the witr observed by the Prophet ﷺ. He said: I point to you a person who is most familiar with the witr observed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Go to Aishah. While going to her I asked Hakim Bin Aflah to accompany me. He refused; but I adjured him. He; therefore; went along with me. We sought permission to enter upon Aishah. She said: Who is this ? He said: Hakim Bin Aflah. She asked: Who is with you ? He replied: Saad Bin Hisham. She said: Hisham son of Amir who was killed in the Battle of Uhud. I said: Yes. She said: What a good man Amir was! I said: Mother of faithful; tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She asked: Do you not recite the Quran ? The character of Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the Quran. I asked: Tell me about his vigil and prayer at night. She replied: Do you not recite: O thou folded in garments 73:1. I said: Why not ?When the opening of this Surah was revealed; the Companions stood praying most of the night until their fett swelled; and the concluding verses were not revealed for twelve months from heaven. At last the concluding verses were revealed and the prayer at night became voluntary after it was obligatory. I said: Tell me about the witr of the Prophet ﷺ. She replied: He used to pray eight rakahs; sitting only during the eighth of them. Then he would stand up and pray another rakahs. He would sit only after the eighth and the ninth rakahs. He would utter salutation only after the ninth rakah. He would then pray two rakahs sitting and that made eleven rakahs; O my son. But when he grew old and became fleshy he observed a witr of seven; sitting only in sixth and seventh rakahs; and would utter salutation only after the seventh rakah. He would then pray two rakahs sitting; and that made nine rakahs; O my son. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not pray through a whole night; or recite the whole Quran in a night or fast a complete month except in Ramadan. When he offered prayer; he would do that regularly. When he was overtaken by sleep at night; he would pray twelve rakahs.The narrator said: I came to Ibn Abbas and narrated all this to him. By Allah; this is really a tradition. Has I been on speaking terms with her; I would have come to her and heard it from her mouth. I said: If I knew that you were not on speaking terms with her; I would have never narrated it to you. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24687 | | The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He the Prophet used to pray eight rakahs during which he did not sit except the eight rakahs. He would sit; make mention of Allah; supplicate Him and then utter the salutation so loudly that we could hear it. He would then pray two rakahs sitting after he had uttered the salutation. Then he would pray one rakah; and that made eleven rakahs; O my son. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew old and became fleshy; he offered seven rakahs of witr; and then he would pray two rakahs sitting after he had uttered the salutation. The narrator narrated the tradition to the same effect till the end. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24690 | | Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: Zurarah Ibn Awuf a said that Aisha was asked about the midnight prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: He used to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return to his family in his house and pray four rakahs. Then he would go to his bed and sleep; but the water for his ablution was placed covered near his head and his tooth-stick was also kept there until Allah awakened him at night. He then used the tooth-stick; performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of prayer and would pray eight rakahs; in which he would recite Surah AlFatihah; and a surah from the Quran as Allah willed. He would not sit during any of them but sit after the eighth rakah; and would not utter the salutation; but recite the Quran during the ninth rakah. Then he would sit and supplicate as long as Allah willed; and beg Him and devote his attention to Him; He would utter the salutation once in such a loud voice that the inmates of the house were almost awakened by his loud salutation. He would then recite Surah AlFatihah while sitting; bow while sitting; and then recite the Quran during the second rakah; and would bow and prostrate while sitting. He would supplicate Allah as long as He willed; then utter the salutation and turn away. This amount of prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued till he put a weight. During that period he retrenched two rakahs from nine and began to pray six and seven rakahs standing and two rakahs sitting. This continued till he died. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24691 | | The above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Banu AlHakim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He the Prophet would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is no mention of praying four rakahs. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition. This version further says: He would pray eight rakahs during which his recitation of the Quran; bowing and prostration were all equal. He would sit only after the eight rakah; and then stand up without uttering the salutation; and pray one rakah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raising his voice so much so that we were about to awake. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24692 | | Zurarah Bin Awuf a said that Aisha was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: He used to lead the people in the Isha prayer and return to his family and pray four rakahs and go to his bed. The narrator then transmitted the tradition in full. This version does not mention the words: During them the rakahs he equated all the recitation of the Quran; bowing and recitation. This also does not mention the words about the salutation: Till he almost awakened us. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24694 | | Narrated Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray thirteen rakahs during the night; observing the witr prayer with nine or as she said. He used to pray two rakahs while sitting and pray two rakahs of the dawn prayer between the adhan and the iqamah. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers The Month Of Ramadan in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24695 | | Narrated Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe the witr prayer with nine rakahs. Then he used to pray seven rakahs of witr prayer. He would pray two rakahs sitting after the witr in which he would recite the Quran sitting. When he wished to bow; he stood up and bowed and prostrated.Abu Dawud said: These two traditions have been transmitted by Khalid Bin Abdullah AlWasiti. In his version he said: Alqamah Bin Waqqas said: O mother; how did he pray the two rakahs ? He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers The Month Of Ramadan in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24696 | | Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: Saad Ibn Hisham said: I came to Medina and called upon Aisha; and said to her: Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead the people in the night prayer; and then go to his bed and sleep. When midnight came he got up; went to answer the call of nature and to perform ablution with water. Having performed ablution; he entered the Masjid and prayed eight rakahs. To my mind he performed the recitation of the Quran; bowing and prostrating equally. He then observed witr with one rakah and prayed two rakahs sitting. Then he lay down on the ground. Sometimes Bilal came to him and called him for prayer. He then dozed; and sometimes I doubted whether he dozed or not; till he Bilal called him for prayer. This is the prayer he offered till he grew old or put on weight. She then mentioned how he put on weight as Allah wished. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24697 | | | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers Sleeping And Ablution in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24699 | | Narrated Fadl Bin Abbas: I spent a night with the Prophet ﷺ to see how he prayed. He got up; performed ablution and prayed two rakahs. 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 AlImran : 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 rakahs. He then stood up and prayed one rakah observing witr with it. In the meantime the muadhdhin called to prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the muadhdhin had kept silent. He prayed two light rakahs 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. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Almasjid in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24701 | | Narrated Ibn Abbas: I spent a night in the house of my maternal aunt Maimunah; daughter of AlHarith. The Prophet ﷺ offered the night prayer. He then came and prayed four rakahs and slept. He then stood up and prayed. I stood at his left side. He made me go round and made me stand at his right side. He then prayed five rakahs and slept; and I heard his snoring. He then got up and prayed two rakahs. Afterwards he came out and offered the dawn prayer. | The Chapter on Bowing In Obligatory Prayers in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24702 | | Saeed Bin Jubair said that Ibn Abbas told him: He the Prophet got up and prayed eight rakahs in pairs; and then observed witr with five rakahs and he did not sit between them. | The Chapter on Prostration And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24703 | | Narrated Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray thirteen rakahs; observing six rakahs in pairs including the two rakahs of dawn prayer. He would observe witr and five rakahs. He sat only in the last of them. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Friday Prayers in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24704 | | Narrated Aisha: The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen rakahs during the night including the two rakahs of the dawn prayer. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24705 | | Narrated Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the night prayer and then prayed eight rakahs standing; and two rakahs between the two adhans i.e. the adhan for the dawn prayer and the iqamah. He never left them.Jafar Bin Mousafir said in his version: He prayed the two rakahs sitting between the two adhans. He added the word sitting. | The Chapter on Adhan And Iqama And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24706 | | Abdullah Bin Abi Qais said that he asked Aisha: How many rakahs would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray observing the witr ? She said: He used to observe the witr with four and three; six and three; eight and three; and ten and three rakahs never observing less than seven or more than thirteen.The narrator Ahmad added in his version: He would not observe the witr with two rakahs before the dawn. I asked: With what would he observe the witr ? She said: He would never leave it. The version of Ahmad does not mention the words six and three rakahs. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers The Month Of Ramadan in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-24707 | | Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: AlAswad Ibn Yazid said that he entered upon Aisha and asked her about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the night. She said: He used to pray thirteen rakahs during the night. Then he began to pray eleven rakahs and left two rakahs. When he died; he would pray nine rakahs during the night. His last prayer during the night was witr. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Altawaf in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on On The Night Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
