حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَی عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ أَخْبِرِينِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَائِ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَی فِرَاشِهِ فَيَنَامُ فَإِذَا کَانَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ قَامَ إِلَی حَاجَتِهِ وَإِلَی طَهُورِهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّی ثَمَانِيَ رَکَعَاتٍ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَائَةِ وَالرُّکُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ بِرَکْعَةٍ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَکْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ يَضَعُ جَنْبَهُ فَرُبَّمَا جَائَ بِلَالٌ فَآذَنَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يُغْفِي وَرُبَّمَا شَکَکْتُ أَغْفَی أَوْ لَا حَتَّی يُؤْذِنَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَکَانَتْ تِلْکَ صَلَاتُهُ حَتَّی أَسَنَّ لَحُمَ فَذَکَرَتْ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ مَا شَائَ اللَّهُ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1352
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Saad ibn Hisham said: I came to Madina and called upon Aishah, and said to her: Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead the people in the night prayer, and then go to his bed and sleep. When midnight came he got up, went to answer the call of nature and to perform ablution with water. Having performed ablution, he entered the mosque and prayed eight rak'ahs. To my mind he performed the recitation of the Quran, bowing and prostrating equally. He then observed witr with one rak'ah and prayed two rak'ahs sitting. Then he lay down on the ground. Sometimes Bilal came to him and called him for prayer. He then dozed, and sometimes I doubted whether he dozed or not, till he (Bilal) called him for prayer. This is the prayer he offered till he grew old or put on weight. She then mentioned how he put on weight as Allah wished.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020