What was narrated concerning recitation in the (voluntary) night Prayers Sunan Ibn Majah 1354
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ بُرْدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ، عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ أَوْ يُخَافِتُ بِهِ قَالَتْرُبَّمَا جَهَرَ وَرُبَّمَا خَافَتَ . قُلْتُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ سَعَةً .
Translation
It wasnarrated that Ghudaif bin Harith said
“I came to ‘Aishah andasked: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite Qur’an loudly orsoftly?’ She said: ‘Sometimes he would recite loud and sometimessoftly.’ I said, ‘Allahu Akbar! Praise is to Allah Who has madethismatter one of broad scope.’”