حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي بِخَطِّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ الْعَصَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ تَضَيَّفْتُ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهِيَ خَالَتِي وَهِيَ لَيْلَةَ إِذْ لَا تُصَلِّي فَأَخَذَتْ كِسَاءً فَثَنَتْهُ وَأَلْقَتْ عَلَيْهِ نُمْرُقَةً ثُمَّ رَمَتْ عَلَيْهِ بِكِسَاءٍ آخَرَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ فِيهِ وَبَسَطَتْ لِي بِسَاطًا إِلَى جَنْبِهَا وَتَوَسَّدْتُ مَعَهَا عَلَى وِسَادِهَا فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فَأَخَذَ خِرْقَةً فَتَوَازَرَ بِهَا وَأَلْقَى ثَوْبَهُ وَدَخَلَ مَعَهَا لِحَافَهَا وَبَاتَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ قَامَ إِلَى سِقَاءٍ مُعَلَّقٍ فَحَرَّكَهُ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ فَأَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَرَى أَنِّي كُنْتُ مُسْتَيْقِظًا قَالَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْفِرَاشَ فَأَخَذَ ثَوْبَيْهِ وَأَلْقَى الْخِرْقَةَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَامَ فِيهِ يُصَلِّي وَقُمْتُ إِلَى السِّقَاءِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَتَنَاوَلَنِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَصَلَّى وَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَعَدَ وَقَعَدْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ مِرْفَقَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَأَصْغَى بِخَدِّهِ إِلَى خَدِّي حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ نَفَسَ النَّائِمِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ بِلَالٌ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَارَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْ الْفَجْرِ وَأَخَذَ بِلَالٌ فِي الْإِقَامَةِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2572
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) said: I stayed with Maimoonah the wife of the Prophet (PBUH), who was my maternal aunt, on a night when she was not praying. She took a cloth and folded it up, and put a pillow on top of it, then she threw another cloth over it and covered herself with it. She spread out another mat for me and I put my head on the same pillow as her. Then the Prophet (PBUH) came when he had prayed 'Isha, and he took a cloth and wrapped himself in it, and took off his garment, then he lay down with her under the same blanket. Then at the end of the night, he got up and went to a waterskin that was hanging and shook it. I wanted to get up and pour water for him, but I did not want him to know that I was awake. He did wudoo', then he went to the bed and put on his two garments and took off the wrapper. Then he went to the mosque, where he stood and prayed. I went to the waterskin and did wudoo', then I came to the mosque and stood on his left, but he moved ine and made me stand on his right. He prayed and I prayed, thirteen rak'ahs, then he lay down and I lay dowm beside him. He put his elbow on my side and his cheek was next to my cheek until I heard the breathing of one who is asleep. Then Bilal came and said: Prayer, O Messenger of Allah. He went to the mosque and i followed him, and he prayed the two [Sunnah] rak'ahs of fajr, then Bilal began to recite the iqamah .
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020