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On The Night Prayer

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Darussalam · Volume 2

5. The Book Of The Voluntary Prayers

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 1366 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 47

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1366. Zaid bin Khālid Al-Juhānī said: (I said to myself:) “I will carefully watch the prayer of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ tonight.” He then said: “So I slept on his doorstep — or — his doorway. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prayed two light Rak’ahs, then he prayed two Rak’ahs which were very, very long, then he prayed two Rak’ahs which were shorter than the two he had prayed before them, then he prayed two Rak’ahs which were shorter than the two he had prayed, then he prayed two Rak’ahs which were shorter than the two he had prayed. Then he prayed the Witr, thus making a total of thirteen Rak’ahs.” (Sahih)

Arabic text

1366 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَهُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَأَرْمُقَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّيْلَةَ، قَالَ: «فَتَوَسَّدْتُ عَتَبَتَهُ - أَوْ فُسْطَاطَهُ - فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً»

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