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1346. It was reported from Ibn Abi 'Adi, from Bahz bin Hakim, that Zurarah bin Awfa narrated to them, that 'Aishah was asked about the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ prayer in the middle of the night. She replied: "He would pray the Isha' prayer in congregation, then return to his family and pray four Rak'ahs. Then he would lie down in his bed and sleep. "His water, that he would use for purification, would be close to his head, covered up, and his Siwak would be ready. So when Allah would cause him to wake up at the hour that He willed at night, he would use the Siwak and perform the Wuḍū'. Then he would stand up in his prayer place and pray eight Rak'ahs, reciting the Mother of the Book (Al-Fātiḥah) and a Sūrah of the Qur'ān, and whatever else Allāh willed him to recite. And he would not sit down in any of these (Rak'ahs) except for the eighth one, and he would not say the Taslīm (in this one), but he would recite in the ninth Rak'ah, then sit down, and pray to Allāh with whatever he wished to pray, and he would ask Him and plead to Him. He would then say one Taslīm energetically — the people of the house might awake due to its strength! Then he would recite the Mother of the Book while he was sitting down, and go into Rukū' from a sitting posture, and then recite in the second (Rak'ah), going into Rukū' and prostration from a sitting posture. Then he would pray with whatever Allāh willed him to pray, then he would say the Taslīm and leave (the prayer place). "This continued to be the prayer of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ until he gained weight. Thereafter, he reduced from the nine Rak'ahs two Rak'ahs, and thus he would pray six (Rak'ahs) and then the seventh, and then the two Rak'ahs while he was sitting down. And this continued until his soul was taken, may Allāh bless him and send His peace upon him." (Ṣaḥīḥ)