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686. It was narrated that 'Âishah said: "Between the time when he finished Ishâ' prayer and Fajr, the Prophet ﷺ used to pray eleven Rak'ahs, saying the Taslîm after each two Rak'ahs, then praying Witr as one Rak'ah. He would prostrate for as long as it takes one of you to recite fifty verses, then he would raise his head. When the Mu'adhhdhin finished the call to Fajr prayer and he could see the dawn, he would pray two brief Rak'ahs, then he would lie down on his right side until the Mu'adhhdhin came to ask permission to say the Iqâmah, then he would go out with him." Some of these narrators (Ibn Abî Dhi'b, Yûnus and 'Amr bin Al-Hârith) added some phrases not mentioned by the others in the Hadîth. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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To perform eleven units of the Night Vigil Prayer was the general practice of the Prophet ﷺ. Once in a while, he would offer thirteen units. In the blessed month of Ramadan, these very eleven units of prayer used to become the standing in prayer in each night of Ramadan (Qiyam) or the Tarâwih.
