حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ نِمْتُ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَأَتَى الْحَاجَةَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَأَتَى الْقِرْبَةَ فَأَطْلَقَ شِنَاقَهَا فَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا بَيْنَ الْوُضُوءَيْنِ لَمْ يُكْثِرْ وَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي وَتَمَطَّيْتُ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَرَانِي كُنْتُ أَبْقِيهِ يَعْنِي أَرْقُبُهُ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا فَعَلَ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِمَا يَلِي أُذُنِي حَتَّى أَدَارَنِي فَكُنْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَتَتَامَّتْ صَلَاتُهُ إِلَى ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِيهَا رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِلَالٌ فَآذَنَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2559
It w r as narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: I slept in the house of my maternal aunt Maimoonah bint aTHarith. The Prophet (PBUH) got up at night and went to relieve himself, then he came and washed his face and hands, then he slept. Then he got up at night and went to the waterskin and undid its straps, then he did a wudoo ' that was somewhere between the most complete and the most light; he did not use a lot of water but it was a proper wudoo'. Then he stood and prayed. I hid myself because I did not want him to see me watching him. Then I got up and did the same as he had done, and I stood on his left. He took hold of my neck, where the ear is, and moved me around until i was standing on his right whilst he was praying. He prayed thirteen rak'ahs, including the two [Sunnah] rak'ahs of Fajr. Then he lay down and slept until he breathed deeply. Then Bilal came and called him to pray, so he got up and prayed and did not do wudoo' [again].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020