English translation
7452. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: Once I stayed overnight at the house of (my aunt) Maimūna رضي الله عنها the wife of the Prophet ﷺ while the Prophet ﷺ was with her, to see how was the night Salāt (prayer) of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ talked to his wife for a while and then slept. When it was the last third of the night (or part of it), the Prophet ﷺ got up and looked towards the sky and recited the Verse: "Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth... (up to His Statement) there are indeed signs for the men of understanding." (V.3:190) Then he got up and performed the ablution, brushed his teeth and offered eleven Rak'a. Then Bilāl pronounced the Adhān for Aṣ-Ṣalāt whereupon the Prophet ﷺ offered a two Rak'a (Sunna) prayer and went out to lead the people in Fajr (morning compulsory congregational) Salāt (prayer).
