أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَی عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کُنَّا نُعِدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِوَاکَهُ وَطَهُورَهُ فَيَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِمَا شَائَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهُ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَيَسْتَاکُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّي تِسْعَ رَکَعَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ فِيهِنَّ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الثَّامِنَةِ وَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَی نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيَدْعُو بَيْنَهُنَّ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي التَّاسِعَةَ وَيَقْعُدُ وَذَکَرَ کَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا وَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَی نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا يُسْمِعُنَا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَکْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1725
It was narrated from Saad bin Hisham that ‘Aishah said: “We used to prepare Siwak and water for Wudu’ for the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم Allah would wake him when He willed to wake him at night, then he would clean his teeth and make Wud’, and pray nine Rak’ahs, not sitting during them until the eighth, when he would praise Allah and send blessings upon His Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and supplicate between them, but he did not say the Taslim. Then he prayed the ninth and sat, and said something similar, praising Allah and sending blessings upon His Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, then he said a Taslim that we could hear, then he prayed two Rak’ahs sitting down.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020