أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ افْتَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَی بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَتَجَسَّسْتُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَاکِعٌ أَوْ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَکَ وَبِحَمْدِکَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّکَ لَفِي شَأْنٍ وَإِنِّي لَفِي آخَرَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3418
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “I noticed that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was not there one night, and I thought that he had gone to one of his other wives, so I reached out for him, and found him bowing or prostrating, and saying: ‘Sub wa bi , lailaha illa anta (Glory and praise be to You, there is none worthy of worship but You).’ I said: ‘May my father and mother be sacrificed for you; you were doing one thing, and I was thinking of something else.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020