The Book of Prayer - Travellers

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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the first of the two dawn sunnah rak'ahs the verse from Surat al-Baqarah, ‘Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us…’ (2:136), and in the second, ‘We believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims’ (3:52).

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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the two dawn sunnah rak'ahs, ‘Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us’ (2:136), and the verse in Surat Al Imran, ‘Come to a common word between us and you’ (3:64).

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A similar hadith by Marwan al-Fazari was transmitted through another chain.

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Umm Habibah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs in a day and night, a house will be built for him in Paradise.’ Umm Habibah said: I have not stopped praying them since I heard this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Anbasah said that he had not stopped since hearing it from Umm Habibah; Amr ibn Aws said the same about hearing it from Anbasah; and al-Numan ibn Salim said the same about hearing it from Amr ibn Aws.

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Through the same chain, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever prays twelve voluntary rak'ahs in a day, a house will be built for him in Paradise.’

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Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no Muslim servant who prays twelve voluntary rak'ahs for Allah each day, apart from the obligatory prayers, without Allah building a house for him in Paradise—or a house being built for him there.’ Umm Habibah said: I have continued praying them ever since. Amr said the same, and al-Numan said likewise.

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Umm Habibah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If a Muslim servant performs ablution and does it well, then prays each day…’ The narrator continued with a report like the preceding one about the twelve daily rak'ahs.

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Ibn Umar reported: I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two rak'ahs before the noon prayer and two after it, two after the sunset prayer, two after the night prayer, and two after the Friday prayer. I prayed the sunset, night, and Friday prayers with the Prophet (ﷺ) in his house.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported: I asked Aisha about the voluntary prayers of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: Before noon, he used to pray four rak'ahs in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer. He would return and pray two rak'ahs. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then return and pray two rak'ahs. He would lead the people in the night prayer, then come into my house and pray two rak'ahs. He used to pray nine rak'ahs at night, including witr. At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting. When he recited while standing, he bowed and prostrated from a standing position; when he recited while sitting, he bowed and prostrated while sitting. When dawn broke, he prayed two rak'ahs.

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Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray for a long time at night. When he prayed standing, he bowed while standing; when he prayed sitting, he bowed while sitting.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported: I fell ill in Persia and prayed sitting. I asked Aisha about that, and she said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray for a long time at night while standing. He then mentioned the hadith.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq al-Uqayli reported: I asked Aisha about the Messenger of Allah's (ﷺ) night prayer. She said: He used to pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting at night. When he recited while standing, he bowed while standing; when he recited while sitting, he bowed while sitting.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq al-Uqayli reported: We asked Aisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: He would pray both standing and sitting. When he began a prayer standing, he bowed while standing; when he began it sitting, he bowed while sitting.

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Aisha reported: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite while sitting during the night prayer until he grew older. Then he would recite sitting, but when thirty or forty verses remained in the surah, he would stand, recite them, and then bow.

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Aisha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed sitting, he recited while sitting. When about thirty or forty verses remained of his recitation, he stood and recited while standing, then bowed and prostrated. He did the same in the second rak'ah.

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Aisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite while sitting during the night prayer. When he intended to bow, he would stand and recite for about as long as a person would take to recite forty verses, then bow.

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Alqamah ibn Waqqas reported: I asked Aisha how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed the two rak'ahs while sitting. She said: He would recite in them, and when he intended to bow, he would stand and then bow.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported: I asked Aisha whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray sitting. She said: Yes, after people had made him old.

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Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported that he asked Aisha, who mentioned a report like the preceding one from the Prophet (ﷺ).

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Aisha reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) did not die until most of his voluntary prayers were performed sitting.