Musnad Ahmad 26307

Translation

✧ The people used to pray in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during Ramadan at night in separate groups. A man who had memorized some of the Quran would have with him a group of five or six, or less than that or more, praying with his prayer. She said: One night during that time, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to set up a mat for him at the door of my room, so I did. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to it after he had prayed the later Isha prayer. She said: Those in the mosque gathered around him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer for a long part of the night. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed and entered, leaving the mat as it was. When morning came, the people talked about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with those who had been with him in the mosque that night. She said: In the evening, the mosque was crowded with people, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the later Isha prayer with them. Then he entered his house, and the people remained. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “What is the matter with the people, O Aishah?” She said: I said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, the people heard about your prayer last night with those in the mosque, so they gathered for that, hoping that you would pray with them.” She said: He said: “Fold up your mat for us, O Aishah.” She said: I did so, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spent the night not heedless. The people remained in their places until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them at dawn. She said: He said: “O people, by Allah, praise be to Allah, I did not spend this night of mine heedless, and your presence was not hidden from me, but I feared that it would be made obligatory upon you. So do the deeds you are able to do, for Allah does not grow weary until you grow weary.” She said: Aishah used to say: “The most beloved deeds to Allah are the most consistent, even if few.”

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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
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍثقة ، مكثر
   عن
3. 3
   Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some unique narrations (afrād)d. 119 AH, or 120 AH, or 121 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّثقة له أفراد
   حدثني
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Isḥāq

   Truthful (ṣadūq), he practiced concealment (yudallis), and was accused of Shiʿism (tashayyuʿ) and of belief in free will (qadar)d. ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said, and Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafah: 150 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said elsewhere: al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 151 AH, he said: and his son said: 150 AH. Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī said: 151 AH, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn said, and ʿAlī Ibn al-Madīnī, and Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyā al-Sājī: 152 AH, khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 153 AH, 152 AH
   ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَصدوق يدلس ، ورمي بالتشيع والقدر
   عن
5. 5
   Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd Abū Isḥāq al-Zuhrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AH
   أَبِيثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادح
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Yaʿqūb

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil).d. 208 AH
   يَعْقُوبُثقة فاضل .
   حدثنا
7. 7
   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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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.