حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شَرِيکِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ کُرَيْبٍ عَنْ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَنْظُرَ کَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ قِيَامُهُ مِثْلُ رُکُوعِهِ وَرُکُوعُهُ مِثْلُ سُجُودِهِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَاسْتَنَّ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِخَمْسِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا حَتَّی صَلَّی عَشْرَ رَکَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّی سَجْدَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَوْتَرَ بِهَا وَنَادَی الْمُنَادِي عِنْدَ ذَلِکَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَمَا سَکَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَصَلَّی سَجْدَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ حَتَّی صَلَّی الصُّبْحَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ابْنِ بَشَّارٍ بَعْضُهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1355
Narrated Fadl bin Abbas: I spent a night with the Prophet ﷺ to see how he prayed. He got up, performed ablution and prayed two rak'ahs. His standing was like his bowing (i. e. equal in duration), and his bowing was like his prostration (equal in length). Then he slept. Afterwards he awoke, performed ablution, and used tooth-stick. He then recited five verses from Surah Al-Imran: "In the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day". He went on doing so till he prayed ten rak'ahs. He then stood up and prayed one rak'ah observing witr with it. In the meantime the muadhdhin called to prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the muadhdhin had kept silent. He prayed two light rak'ahs and remained sitting till he offered the dawn prayer. Abu Dawud said: A part of the tradition transmitted by Ibn Bashshar remained hidden from me.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020