حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْعُکْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِکُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُقَاتِلُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ مَا صَلَّی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَائَ قَطُّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا صَلَّی أَرْبَعَ رَکَعَاتٍ أَوْ سِتَّ رَکَعَاتٍ وَلَقَدْ مُطِرْنَا مَرَّةً بِاللَّيْلِ فَطَرَحْنَا لَهُ نِطَعًا فَکَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَی ثُقْبٍ فِيهِ يَنْبُعُ الْمَائُ مِنْهُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُتَّقِيًا الْأَرْضَ بِشَيْئٍ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ قَطُّأَبْوَابُ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1303
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Shurayh ibn Hani said: I asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never offered the night prayer and thereafter came to me but he offered four or six rak'ahs of prayer. One night the rain fell, so we spread a piece of leather (for his prayer), and now I see as if there is a hole in it from which the water is flowing. I never saw him protecting his clothes from the earth (as he did on that occasion).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020