al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 710

✧ The night prayer (tahajjud)

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، ثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَوْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ؓ قَالَ:

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَهَجَّدَ سَجَدَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

Translation

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✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ performed the night prayer, he prostrated between every two rak'ahs.

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Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī
One of the senior Companions.d. 50 AH. Or: 52 AH. Or: 55 AH, also said: 51 AH.
أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّمن كبار الصحابة.
عن
Abū Sawrah
weak (ḍaʿīf)
أَبِي سَوْرَةَضعيف
عن
Wāṣil b. al-Sāʾib al-Raqāshī
weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 144 AH
وَاصِلُ بْنُ السَّائِبِضعيف
حدثنا
ʿĪsā b. Yūnus
trustworthy and reliable (thiqah maʾmūn)d. 187 AH, or 188 AH, or 191 AH
عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَثقة مأمون
أخبرنا
Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm
trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH
إِسْحَاقُثقة حافظ مجتهد

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