To perform a long prostration in the Tahajjud (night prayer).
Darussalam · Volume 2
19 - THE BOOK OF ŠALĀT-UT-TAHAJJUD (NIGHT PRAYER)Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1123 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 49
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رضي 1123. Narrated 'Āishah عنها Allāh's Messenger ﷺ used to offer eleven Rak'ā and that was his Ṣalāt (i.e., night prayer). He used to prolong the prostration to such an extent that one could recite fifty verses (of the Qur'ān) before he would lift his head. He used to offer two Rak'ā (Ṣumma) before the Ṣalāt-ul-Fajr (early morning prayer) and then used to lie down on his right side till the call-maker came and informed him about the Ṣalāt (prayer).
1123 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، أَخْبَرَتْهُ: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، كَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلاَتَهُ يَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، وَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الفَجْرِ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ المُنَادِي لِلصَّلاَةِ»
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