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Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Samad al-Juzjani informed us; Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn Ahmad al-Khuzaʿi informed us; Abu Saʿid al-Haytham ibn Kulayb informed us; Abu ʿIsa al-Tirmidhi related to us; Qutaybah and Bishr ibn Muʿadh said: Abu ʿAwanah related to us, from Ziyad ibn ʿIlaqah, from al-Mughirah ibn Shuʿbah, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood in prayer until his feet became swollen. He was asked, “Do you exert yourself in this way when your past and future sins have already been forgiven?” He replied, “Should I not be a grateful servant?” (1)

Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Sarakhsi informed us; Zahir ibn Ahmad informed us; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Samad al-Hashimi informed us; Abu Musʿab informed us, from Malik, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakrah, from his father, from Abd Allah ibn Qays ibn Makhramah, who informed him from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, who said: “Tonight I shall observe the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” (2) So I rested my head upon his threshold, or his tent. He rose and prayed two light units of prayer; then he prayed two long units; then he prayed two units shorter than the two preceding them; [then he prayed two units shorter than the two preceding them; then he prayed two units shorter than the two preceding them] (3); then he performed the Witr prayer. That made thirteen units of prayer. (4)

Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Sarakhsi informed us; Zahir ibn Ahmad informed us; Abu Ishaq al-Hashimi informed us; Abu Musʿab informed us, from Malik, from Saʿid ibn Abi Saʿid al-Maqburi, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, who informed him that he asked Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her: “How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, during Ramadan?” She said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not pray more than eleven units during Ramadan or at any other time. He would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and length—then he would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and length—then he would pray three.” Aisha said, “I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before performing the Witr prayer?’” He replied, “Aisha, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep.” (5)

Imam Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Qadi informed us; Abu Nuʿaym Abd al-Malik ibn al-Hasan al-Isfarayini informed us; Abu ʿAwanah Yaʿqub ibn Ishaq informed us; Yunus ibn Harun ibn Abd al-Aʿla informed us; Ibn Wahb informed us; Yunus, Ibn Abi Dhiʾb, and Umar ibn al-Harith informed me that Ibn Shihab informed them, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “would pray, between finishing the night prayer and dawn, eleven

(1) Narrated by al-Bukhari in the Book of Tafsir, in the chapter on “That Allah may forgive you what has preceded of your sin,” 8:584; and in the Book of Tahajjud, in the chapter on the Prophet’s standing in prayer at night, 3:14. Also narrated by Muslim in the Book of the Characteristics of the Hypocrites, in the chapter on performing many deeds and striving in worship, no. 2819, 4:2171; and by the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 4:44. Al-Tirmidhi’s version is found in al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyyah, p. 159. (2) Omitted from manuscript B. (3) The text within parentheses is omitted from manuscript A. (4) Narrated by Muslim in the Book of the Traveler’s Prayer, in the chapter on supplication and standing in prayer at night, no. 765, 1:531-532; and by the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 4:19. (5) Narrated by al-Bukhari in the Book of Tahajjud, in the chapter on the Prophet’s standing in prayer during Ramadan and at other times, 3:33; by Muslim in the Book of the Traveler’s Prayer, in the chapter on the night prayer, no. 738, 1:509; and by the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 4:504.

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْجُوزَجَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عَلَاقَةَ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ: قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَفَخَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَتَتَكَلَّفُ هَذَا وَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ: "أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا" (١) . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّرْخَسِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا زَاهِرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْهَاشِمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "لَأَرْمُقَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّيْلَةَ (٢) فَتَوَسَّدْتُ عَتَبَتَهُ أَوْ فُسْطَاطَهُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا [ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى ركعتين دون التين قَبْلَهُمَا] (٣) ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثُ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً (٤) . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّرْخَسِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا زَاهِرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ ﵂: كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَزِيدُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَا فِي غَيْرِهِ عَلَى إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثًا. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوتِرَ؟ فَقَالَ: "يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ عَيْنِيَّ تَنَامَانِ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبِي" (٥) . أَخْبَرَنَا الْإِمَامُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَاضِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَعِيمٍ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْإِسْفِرَايِنِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ وَابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ "يُصَلِّي فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَفْرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ إِحْدَى

(١) أخرجه البخاري في التفسير باب"ليغفر الله لك ما تقدم من ذنبك": ٨ / ٥٨٤، وفي التهجد باب قيام النبي ﷺ الليل: ٣ / ١٤، ومسلم في صفات المنافقين باب إكثار الأعمال والاجتهاد في العبادة برقم (٢٨١٩) : ٤ / ٢١٧١، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ٤ / ٤٤ ورواية الترمذي في "الشمائل المحمدية" ص (١٥٩) . (٢) ساقط من "ب". (٣) ما بين القوسين ساقط من "أ". (٤) أخرجه مسلم في صلاة المسافرين باب الدعاء في صلاة الليل وقيامه برقم (٧٦٥) : ١ / ٥٣١-٥٣٢، والمصنف في شرح السنة ٤ / ١٩. (٥) أخبره البخاري في التهجد باب قيام النبي ﷺ في رمضان وغيره: ٣ / ٣٣، ومسلم في صلاة المسافرين باب صلاة الليل برقم (٧٣٨) ١ / ٥٠٩ والمصنف في شرح السنة: ٤ / ٥٠٤.