أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ أَنَّ يَعْلَی بْنَ مَمْلَکٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ کَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَتَمَةَ ثُمَّ يُسَبِّحُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا مَا شَائَ اللَّهُ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ فَيَرْقُدُ مِثْلَ مَا صَلَّی ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ ذَلِکَ فَيُصَلِّي مِثْلَ مَا نَامَ وَصَلَاتُهُ تِلْکَ الْآخِرَةُ تَکُونُ إِلَی الصُّبْحِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1633
Ya’la bin Mamlak said that he asked Umm Salamah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and she said: “He used to pray ‘Isha’, then he would recite Tasbih, then after that he would pray whatever Allah willed (he should pray) of night prayer. Then he would go and sleep for as long as he had prayed. Then he would get up from sleep and pray for as long as he had slept, and this last prayer of his would continue until dawn.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020