al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 712
✧ The night prayer (tahajjud)
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وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَخِي حُذَيْفَةَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ قَالَ:
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ لِأُصَلِّيَ بِصَلَاتِهِ، فَافْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً لَيْسَتْ بِالْخَفِيفَةِ، وَلَا بِالرَّفِيعَةِ: قِرَاءَةً حَسَنَةً يُرَتِّلُ فِيهَا يُسْمِعُنَا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَكَعَ نَحْوًا مِنْ سُورَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ: سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ: ذُو الْجَبَرُوتِ، وَالْمَلَكُوتِ، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَالْعَظَمَةِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ إِنَّ قِيَامَهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ سُورَةٍ، قَالَ: وَسَجَدَ نَحْوًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الطُّوَلِ، وَعَلَيْهِ سَوَادٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr
- Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām
- Zāʾidah
- ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr
- Ibn Akhī Ḥudhayfah
- Ḥudhayfah
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night to pray as he prayed. He began the prayer and recited a recitation that was neither light nor loud: a beautiful recitation, in which he recited distinctly and made us hear. He said: Then he bowed for about the length of a surah. Then he raised his head and said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him: Possessor of might, dominion, pride, and greatness.' He said: Then his standing was about the length of a surah. He said: And he prostrated for about that long until he finished the lengthy recitation, while the darkness of night was still upon him.
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Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 23717Musnad Ahmad 23786Musnad Ahmad 23836Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 2922Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 2943
Narrators
- An eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī), among the earliest to accept Islamd. 36 AH, also said 35 AH, and al-Ṭabarī considered it an errorحُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِصحابي جليل من السابقينعن
- ابن أخي حذيفةحدثني
- trustworthy (thiqah), eloquent, a scholar; his memory changed and he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 133 AH or 136 AHعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍثقة , فصيح عالم ، تغير حفظه وربما دلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a man of the Sunnah (ṣāḥib sunnah)d. 160 AH, or 161 AH, or 163 AHزَائِدَةَثقة ثبت ، صاحب سنةعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 203 AHمُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِصدوق له أوهامحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
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