Musnad Ahmad 25362

Translation

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one night in the middle of the night and prayed in the mosque. Some men gathered and prayed with him following his prayer. When morning came, the people talked about how the Prophet ﷺ had gone out and prayed in the mosque in the middle of the night. On the following night, more people gathered than before. She said: 'The Prophet ﷺ went out in the middle of the night and prayed, and they prayed with him following his prayer. Then morning came and they talked about it. On the third night, many people gathered until the mosque was crowded. She said: 'The Prophet ﷺ went out in the middle of the night and prayed, and they prayed with him. On the fourth night, the people gathered until the mosque was almost unable to accommodate its people. But the Prophet ﷺ stayed seated and did not come out.' She said: 'I even heard some of them saying: "The prayer!" But the Prophet ﷺ did not come out to them. When he prayed the Fajr prayer, he said the salam, then stood before the people and bore witness (tashahhud), then said: "To proceed: your situation last night was not hidden from me, but I feared that it would be made obligatory upon you and you would be unable to perform it."

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Sunan Abi Dawud 1373Sunan an-Nasa'i 1604Muwatta' Malik 6-1

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   قالت
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةُثقة فقيه مشهور
   قال
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنُ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   حدثني
4. 4
   Ibn Jurayj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AH
   ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسل
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   ʿAbd al-Razzāq

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a renowned author (muṣannif); he went blind at the end of his life and his memory changed (taghayyara), and he had Shiite leanings (kāna yatashayyaʿ)d. 211 AH
   عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِثقة حافظ مصنف شهير ، عمي في آخر عمره فتغير ، وكان يتشيع
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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