حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَکِيمٍ فَذَکَرَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَائَ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَی فِرَاشِهِ لَمْ يَذْکُرْ الْأَرْبَعَ رَکَعَاتٍ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَکَعَاتٍ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَائَةِ وَالرُّکُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَلَا يَجْلِسُ فِي شَيْئٍ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي الثَّامِنَةِ فَإِنَّهُ کَانَ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ فِيهِ فَيُصَلِّي رَکْعَةً يُوتِرُ بِهَا ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ حَتَّی يُوقِظَنَا ثُمَّ سَاقَ مَعْنَاهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1347
The above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Banu al-Hakim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He (the Prophet) would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is no mention of praying four rak'ahs. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition. This version further says: He would pray eight rak'ahs during which his recitation of the Quran, bowing and prostration were all equal. He would sit only after the eight rak'ah, and then stand up without uttering the salutation, and pray one rak'ah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raising his voice so much so that we were about to awake. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020