How was the Ṣalāt (Tahajjud prayer) of the Prophet ﷺ and how many Rak'ā, he used to offer at night?
Darussalam · Volume 2
19 - THE BOOK OF ŠALĀT-UT-TAHAJJUD (NIGHT PRAYER)Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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1139. Narrated Masrūq: I asked 'Āishah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا about the night (Tahajjud) Ṣalāt (prayer) of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and she said, "It was seven, nine or eleven Rak'ā besides the two Rak'ā of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna)."
1139 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَتْ: «سَبْعٌ، وَتِسْعٌ، وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ، سِوَى رَكْعَتِي الفَجْرِ»
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