أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِکٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ کُرَيْبٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ بَاتَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ فَاضْطَجَعَ فِي عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَهْلُهُ فِي طُولِهَا فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی إِذَا انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ قَلِيلًا أَوْ بَعْدَهُ قَلِيلًا اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَلَسَ يَمْسَحُ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْعَشْرَ الْآيَاتِ الْخَوَاتِيمَ مِنْ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَی شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوئَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُمْتُ فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَی جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَی عَلَی رَأْسِي وَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي الْيُمْنَی يَفْتِلُهَا فَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّی جَائَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1625
It was narrated from Kuraib that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas told him, he slept at the house of Maimunah the wife of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, who was his maternal aunt. He said: “I laid down across the mattress and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and his wife lay along it. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, slept until midnight, or a little before or a little after. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم woke up and began to rub the sleep from his face with his hand. Then he recited the last ten Verses of Sarah Al ‘Imran. Then he got up and went to a water skin that was hanging up and performed Wut’ from it, and he performed Wudu’ well, then he stood up and prayed.” ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas said: “I stood up and did what he had done, then I went and stood beside him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم put his right hand on my head, took hold of my right ear and tweaked it. Then he prayed two Rak’ahs, then two Rak’ahs, then two Rak’ahs, then two Rak’ahs, then two Rak’ahs, then two Rak’ahs, then he prayed Witr. Then he lay down until the Muadhin came to him and he prayed two brief Rak’ahs.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020