أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَأَنَا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاللَّهِ لَأَرْقُبَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِصَلَاةٍ حَتَّی أَرَی فِعْلَهُ فَلَمَّا صَلَّی صَلَاةَ الْعِشَائِ وَهِيَ الْعَتَمَةُ اضْطَجَعَ هَوِيًّا مِنْ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَنَظَرَ فِي الْأُفُقِ فَقَالَ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاطِلًا حَتَّی بَلَغَ إِنَّکَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ثُمَّ أَهْوَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَی فِرَاشِهِ فَاسْتَلَّ مِنْهُ سِوَاکًا ثُمَّ أَفْرَغَ فِي قَدَحٍ مِنْ إِدَاوَةٍ عِنْدَهُ مَائً فَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّی حَتَّی قُلْتُ قَدْ صَلَّی قَدْرَ مَا نَامَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّی قُلْتُ قَدْ نَامَ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّی ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَفَعَلَ کَمَا فَعَلَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1631
It was narrated that Ibn Shihaab said: “Humaid bin ‘AbdurRahman bin ‘Awf told me that a man from among the Companions of the Prophet said: ‘I said, when I was on a journey with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم : By Allah, I am going to watch the prayer of Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and see what he does. When he prayed ‘Isha’, he lay down for a long time. Then he woke up and looked toward the horizon and said: “Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose” until he reached: “for You never break (Your) Promise.”’Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم reached across his bed and took a Siwak from it, then he poured water from a vessel and cleaned his teeth. Then he stood and prayed until I said: “He has prayed for as long as he slept.” Then he lay down until I said: “He has slept as long as he prayed.” Then he woke up and did the same as he had done the first time and said the same as he had said. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did that three times before Fajr.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020