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Sunan Abi Dawud 1347 (Book 5, Hadith 98) #21639
The Night Prayer of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The Prophet (PBUH) would offer the night prayer and go to bed, praying eight rak'ahs with equal recitation of the Qur'an, bowing and prostration. He would then stand up without uttering salutation and pray one rak'ah observing witr prayer before giving salutation raising his voice.

The above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Banu al-Hakim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He (the Prophet) would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is no mention of praying four rak'ahs. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition. This version further says: He would pray eight rak'ahs during which his recitation of the Qur'an, bowing and prostration were all equal. He would sit only after the eight rak'ah, and then stand up without uttering the salutation, and pray one rak'ah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raising his voice so much so that we were about to awake. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect.
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، فَذَكَرَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ ‏:‏ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ، لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الأَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ ‏:‏ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، وَلاَ يَجْلِسُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ إِلاَّ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ، فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَةً يُوتِرُ بِهَا، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ حَتَّى يُوقِظَنَا، ثُمَّ سَاقَ مَعْنَاهُ

TOPICS
salaam  *  prayer  *  salutation  *  recitation  *  layl  *  qiyam  *  rakaah  *  tilawah  *  witr

QUICK LESSONS:
Offer regular night prayers, Focus on reciting Quran during prayers, Be humble while performing prayers

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the night prayer of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. It is narrated by Banu al-Hakim that he would offer the night prayer and go to bed, praying eight rak’ahs with equal recitation of the Qur’an, bowing and prostration. After completing these eight rakaats he would stand up without uttering salutation and pray one rakaat observing witr prayer before giving salutation raising his voice so much so that people were about to awake. This hadith teaches us how important it is for us to observe our prayers regularly as it was a practice of our beloved prophet ﷺ himself. We should also strive to make our prayers meaningful by focusing on reciting Quran in them as well as making sure we are in a state of humility while performing them through bowing down or prostrating ourselves during them.

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