Sunan an-Nasa'i 3961

Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan al-Miqsami informed me, from Hajjaj, from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAtaʾ, who said: Ibn Abi Mulaykah informed me, from ʿAishah, who said: One night I could not find the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. I thought he had gone to one of his other wives, so I searched for him and found him bowing or prostrating, saying: ‘Glory and praise be to You; there is no god but You.’ I said: ‘May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! You were occupied with one matter, while I was occupied with another.’