أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ کَانَ يَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَإِذَا کَانَ مِنْ السَّحَرِ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ أَتَی فِرَاشَهُ فَإِذَا کَانَ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ أَلَمَّ بِأَهْلِهِ فَإِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ وَثَبَ فَإِنْ کَانَ جُنُبًا أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ الْمَائِ وَإِلَّا تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1685
It was narrated that Al Aswad bin Yazid said: “I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم .She said: ‘He used to sleep during the first part of the night, then get up during the time before dawn and pray Witr. Then he would go to his bed and if he needed to be intimate he would go to his wife. Then when he heard the Adhan he would get up, and if he was Junub he would pour water over himself, otherwise he would perform Wudi then he would go out to the prayer.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020