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Sunan an-Nasai 1620 (Book 20, Hadith 23) #16231
The Night Prayer of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: This hadith narrates the story of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) performing his night prayer and teaching his nephew, Abdullah bin 'Abbas, how to do it.

It was narrated from Kuraib that 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas told him: He slept at the house of Maimunah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, who was his maternal aunt. He said: "I laid down across the mattress an the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his wife lay along it. The Prophet ﷺ slept until midnight, or a little before or a little after. The Prophet ﷺ woke up and began to rub the sleep from his face with his hand. Then he recited the last ten verses of Surah Al Imran. Then he got up and went to a water skin that was hanging up and performed wudu from it, and he performed wudu well, then he stood up and prayed". Abdullah bin 'Abbas said: "I stood up and did what he had done, then I went and stood beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put his right hand on my neck, and took old of my right hand and tweaked it. Then he prayed two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then two rak'ahs, then he prayed witr.Then he lay down until the Mu'adhdhin came to him and he prayed two brief rak'ahs".
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، بَاتَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ - فَاضْطَجَعَ فِي عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ فِي طُولِهَا فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ قَلِيلاً أَوْ بَعْدَهُ قَلِيلاً اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ يَمْسَحُ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْعَشْرَ الآيَاتِ الْخَوَاتِيمَ مِنْ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُمْتُ فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي الْيُمْنَى يَفْتِلُهَا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ
TOPICS
prayer  *  layl  *  wudu  *  imran  *  muadhdhin

QUICK LESSONS:
Perform proper ablution before salaah , Follow sunnah teachings , Be punctual in your prayers especially during nights .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates the story of Prophet Muhammad's night prayer and how he taught his nephew, Abdullah bin 'Abbas, how to perform it. It is reported that one night, Abdullah was sleeping in the house of Maimunah who was his maternal aunt and also the wife of Prophet Muhammad. At midnight or a little before or after that time, Prophet Muhammad woke up and began to rub sleep from his face with his hand. He then recited the last ten verses from Surah Al Imran before getting up to perform wudu from a water skin hanging nearby. After completing wudu properly he stood up for prayer and called upon Abdullah who followed suit by doing what he saw him do. Then they both prayed two rak'ahs each until witr was completed after which they lay down until the mu’adhhin came for fajr prayers at which point they prayed two brief rak’ahs again. This hadith teaches us about being punctual in our prayers especially during nights as well as teaching us about proper ablution before praying salaah which is an important part of Islamic worship rituals prescribed by Allah SWT in Quran and Sunnah teachings through His beloved messenger PBUH .

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