English translation
448. 'Aīshah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ stood (in prayer) with an Āyah from the Qur'an at night."[1] (Ṣāḥih) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb from this route.
Hadith 448
What Has Been Related About The Recitation During The Night
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Darussalam · Volume 1
2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 466
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Source no. 448 · Volume 1 · Page 448
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Arabic text
٤٤٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: «قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِآيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَيْلَةً» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.
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[1] Reciting them audibly.
Commentary
It is proven from this Ḥadīth that reading one Verse again and again and reflecting deeply upon its meaning is permissible; because the Prophet ﷺ completed all his prayer standing during the night by reading just this one verse: "If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You, are the Almighty, the All - Wise". [5: 118] But to understand from this that he ﷺ did not even read Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah is 'an astonishing logic'; he was praying individually and it is Wājib for an individual to read Fātiḥah even according to the Ahnāf as well, to abandon Wājib is nearly unlawful, and it requires that the prayer be repeated and it will be a great sin if not repeated.