أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَی عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا أَسَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَخَذَ اللَّحْمَ صَلَّی سَبْعَ رَکَعَاتٍ لَا يَقْعُدُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ وَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ بَعْدَ مَا يُسَلِّمُ فَتِلْکَ تِسْعٌ يَا بُنَيَّ وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّی صَلَاةً أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُدَاوِمَ عَلَيْهَا مُخْتَصَرٌ خَالَفَهُ هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1723
Shu’bah narrated from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Saad bin Hisham, that ‘Aishah said: “When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم grew old and put on weight, he prayed seven Rak’ahs and only sat in the last of them, and he prayed two Rak’ahs while sitting after saying the Taslim, and that was nine, my son! And when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم offered any prayer he liked to persist in doing so.” (Hasan) This is abridged, and Hisham Ad Dastawa’i contradicted him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020