Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1781

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلاَةِ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِاللَّيْلِ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالإِقَامَةِ فِي صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ ‏.‏

Translation

Isma‘il ibn Mas‘ud informed us; he said: Khalid narrated to us; he said: Hisham narrated to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us, from Abu Salamah, who asked ‘A’ishah about the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer. She said: ‘He used to pray thirteen rak‘ahs: he would pray eight rak‘ahs, then witr, then two rak‘ahs seated. When he wished to bow, he would stand and then bow. He would pray two rak‘ahs between the call and the iqamah for the dawn prayer.’