Sunan Abi Dawud 1346
On The Night Prayer
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الدِّرْهَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَى أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ سُئِلَتْ
عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَيَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَيَنَامُ وَطَهُورُهُ مُغَطًّى عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَسِوَاكُهُ مَوْضُوعٌ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ سَاعَتَهُ الَّتِي يَبْعَثُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَسَوَّكُ وَيُسْبِغُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ إِلَى مُصَلاَّهُ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلاَ يَقْعُدُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَقْعُدَ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي التَّاسِعَةِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ فَيَدْعُو بِمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَهُ وَيَسْأَلُهُ وَيَرْغَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً شَدِيدَةً يَكَادُ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ تَسْلِيمِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَيَرْكَعُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَيَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ ثُمَّ يَدْعُو مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ وَيَنْصَرِفُ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ تِلْكَ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَّنَ فَنَقَصَ مِنَ التِّسْعِ ثِنْتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَهَا إِلَى السِّتِّ وَالسَّبْعِ وَرَكْعَتَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ حَتَّى قُبِضَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ﷺ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn al-Dirhamī
- Ibn Abū ʿAdī
- Bahz b. Ḥakīm
- Zurārah b. Awfá
- ʿĀʾishah Suʾilat
Zurarah ibn Awfa 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 rak'ahs. 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 rak'ahs, in which he would recite Surah al-Fatihah, and a surah from the Qur'an as Allah willed. He would not sit during any of them but sit after the eighth rak'ah, and would not utter the salutation, but recite (the Qur'an) during the ninth rak'ah. 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 al-Fatihah while sitting, bow while sitting, and then recite the Qur'an during the second rak'ah, 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 rak'ahs from nine and began to pray six and seven rak'ahs standing and two rak'ahs sitting. This continued till he died.
Grades by grader
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Soundin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 1346 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Abū Daʾūd
في سماع زرارة عن عائشة نظر ورواية زرارة عن سعد بن هشام عن عائشة هي المحفوظة عندي
in سنن أبي داود, p. 1344 - Abū Daʾūd
في سماع زرارة من عائشة نظر
in سنن أبي داود, p. 1344 - al-Albani
صحيح دون الأربع ركعات والمحفوظ عن عائشة ركعتان
in صحيح أبي داود, p. 1346
Other narrations of this report
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3088Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3090Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3096Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 3169al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 7083Sunan al-Daraqutni 1354
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاأن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 93 AH, or: 108 AH, also said: 106 AHزُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَىثقة ، عابدنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. before 160 AHبَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍصدوقعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 192 AH, or 194 AHابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّثقةنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 253 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الدِّرْهَمِيُّصدوقحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
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Commentaries
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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