كتاب صلاة الليلTahajjud

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir from

Said ibn al-Jubayr that a man who has approval (as a relater of

hadith), told him that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, said, "If a man prays in the night and

sleep overcomes him during it, Allah writes for him the reward of his

prayer, and his sleep is sadaqa for him."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'nNadr, the mawla of Umar

ibn 'Ubaydullah, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the

wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I

was sleeping in front of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, and my feet were in his qibla. When he

prostrated, he nudged me and I pulled up my feet,and when he stood up

I spread them out." She added, "There were no lamps in the house at

that time."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his

father from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, "If you are drowsy in prayer, sleep until sleep

leaves you, because if you pray while you are drowsy, you do not know

whether you may intend to ask for forgiveness but (in fact) ask for

harm."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ismail from Ibn Abi Hakim

that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, heard a woman praying at night. He said, "Who is

that?" and someone said to him,"It is al-Hawla bint Tuwayt, she does

not sleep in the night." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, disapproved of that and his disapproval showed in

his face. Then he said, "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, does not

become weary, but you become weary. Take on whatever is within your

capability."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his

father that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray as much as Allah willed

in the night until at the end of the night he would wake his family

for the prayer. He used to say to them, "The prayer, the prayer." Then

he would recite the ayat, "Enjoin prayer on your family and be

constant in it. We do not ask you for your provision. We provide for

you. And the end result is for taqwa." (Sura 20 ayat 132)

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn

al-Musayyab used to say, "Sleep is disapproved of before isha and

conversation after it."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah

ibn Umar used to say, "(Voluntary) prayer in both the day and night is

two at a time with a taslim after every 2 raka'ahs."

Malik said,

"That is the custom among us."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-

Zubayr from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, used to pray eleven rakas in the night, making them

odd by a single one, and when he had finished he lay down on his right

side.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi

from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that he asked A'isha, the

wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, what the

prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, was like during Ramadan. She said, "The Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not go above eleven rakas in

Ramadan or at any other time. He prayed four - do not ask me about

their beauty or length. Then he prayed another four - do not ask me

about their beauty and length. Then he prayed three."

A'isha

continued, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, are you sleeping before you

do the witr?' He said, A'isha, my eyes sleep but my heart does not

sleep.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his

father that A'isha, umm al-muminin said, "The Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray thirteen rakas in

the night and then would pray two rakas when he heard the adhan for

the subh prayer."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Makhrama ibn Sulayman from

Kurayb, the mawla of Ibn Abbas, that Abdullah ibn Abbas told him that

he had spent a night at the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was also Ibn Abbas'

mother's sister. Ibn Abbas said, "I lay down with my head on the

breadth of the cushion, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, and his wife lay down with their heads on its

length. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, slept, until, halfway through the night or a little before or

after it, he awoke and sat up and wiped the sleep away from his face

with his hand. Then he recited the last ten ayats of sura Ali Imran

(Sura3). Then he got up and went over to a water-skin which was

hanging up and did wudu from it, doing his wudu thoroughly, and then

he stood in prayer."

Ibn Abbas continued, "I stood up and did

the same and then went and stood by his side. The Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, put his right hand on my head

and took my right ear and tweaked it. He prayed two rakas, then two

rakas, then two rakas, then two rakas, then two rakas, then two rakas,

and then prayed an odd raka. Then he lay down until the muadhdhin came

to him, and then prayed two quick rakas, and went out and prayed subh

."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from

his father that Abdullah ibn Qays ibn Makhrama told him that Zayd ibn

Khalid al-Juhani said one night that he was going to observe the

prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace. He said, "I rested my head on his threshold. The Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, got up and prayed two

long, long, long rakas. Then he prayed two rakas which were slightly

less long than the two before them. Then he prayed two rakas which

were slightly less long than the two before them. Then he prayed two

rakas which were slightly less long than the two before them. Then he

prayed two rakas which were slightly less long than the two before

them. Then he prayed two rakas which were slightly less long than the

two before them. Then he prayed an odd raka, making thirteen rakas in

all."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi and Abdullah ibn Umar

that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant

him peace, about night prayers. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, said, "Night prayers are two by two,

and when you are afraid that dawn is approaching, pray one raka to

make what you have prayed odd."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad

ibn Yahya ibn Habban from Ibn Muhayriz that a man from the Kinana

tribe called al-Mukhdaji heard a man in Syria known as Abu Muhammad

saying, "The witr is obligatory (fard)." Al-Mukhdaji said, "I went to

Ubada ibn as-Samit and presented myself to him as he was going to the

mosque, and told him what Abu Muhammad had said. Ubada said that Abu

Muhammad had lied and that he had heard the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Allah the Majestic and

Mighty has written five prayers for mankind, and whoever does them and

does not waste anything of them by making light of what is due to

them, there is a pact for him with Allah that He will admit him into

the Garden.Whoever does not do them, there is no pact for him with

Allah. If He wishes, He punishes him, and if He wishes, He admits him

into the Garden.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Umar that Said

ibn Yasar said, ''I was travelling with Abdullah ibn Umar on the road

to Makka, and fearing that it was nearly dawn. I dismounted and prayed

witr. Abdullah said, 'Is there not a model for you in the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?' I said, 'Of course,

by Allah!' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, used to pray witr on his camel.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn

al-Musayyab said, "Abu Bakr as-Siddiq used to pray witr when he wished

to go to bed, and Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray witr at the end of

the night. As for me, I pray witr when I go to bed."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man asked

Abdullah ibn Umar whether the witr was obligatory and Abdullah ibn

Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, prayed witr, and the muslims prayed witr." The man began

repeating his question, and Abdullah ibn Umar kept saying, "The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed

witr, and the muslims prayed witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A'isha, the

wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to

say, "If someone fears that he will sleep through till the morning,

let him pray the witr before he sleeps, and if some one hopes to wake

for the last part of the night, let him delay his witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Nafi said, "I was with

Abdullah ibn Umar in Makka. The sky was clouded over and Abdullah

feared that dawn was approaching so he prayed one raka for witr. Then

the clouds cleared and he saw that it was still night, so he made his

prayers even with one raka. Then he continued to pray two rakas at a

time, until when he feared the approach of dawn, he prayed one raka

for witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar

used to say the taslim between the two rakas and the one raka of witr

so that he could order something he needed.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sad ibn Abi

Waqqas used to pray witr after isha with one raka.

Malik

said, "This is not the situation with us. Rather three is the minimum

for witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar that

Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The maghrib prayer is the witr of the

daytime prayers."

Malik said, "If someone prays witr at the

beginning of the night, and goes to sleep, and then wakes up and it

seems good to him to pray, let him pray, two rakas at a time. That is

what I like most of what I have heard."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al Karim ibn

Abi'l-Mukhariq al-Basri from Said ibn Jubayr that Abdullah ibn Abbas

slept, and when he woke up, he said to his servant, "Go and see what

the people have done," (by that time his sight had gone.) The servant

went out and returned saying, "The people have left from subh," so

Abdullah ibn Abbas got up and prayed witr and then prayed subh.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah

ibn Abbas and Ubada ibn as-Samit and al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and

Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia had all prayed witr after the break of

dawn.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his

father that Abdullah ibn Masud said, "I do not mind if the iqama for

the subh prayer is called while I am still praying witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, ''Ubada

ibn as-Samit used to lead the people in prayer. One day he came out

for subh and the muadhdhin began to give the iqama for the subh prayer

Ubada silenced him, prayed witr and then led them in subh."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim

said, "I heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, 'I sometimes pray witr

while hearing the iqama, or after the break of dawn.' " Abd ar-Rahman

was not certain which he said.

Malik related to me that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim heard his

father al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, "I have prayed witr after dawn."

Malik said, "Only a person who oversleeps so that he does not

do the witr prays it after dawn. No one should intentionally make his

witr after dawn."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar

that Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, used to pray two quick rakas when the muadhdhin had

finished the adhan for the subh prayer, before the iqama was said for

the prayer.

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that A'isha, the wife of

the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to

pray the two rakas of the dawn (fajr) so quickly that I would say to

myself 'Has he recited the umm al-Qur'an or not?' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sharik ibn Abdullah ibn Abi

Namir that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, "Some people heard the

iqama and started to pray. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, came out and said, 'Are you doing two prayers at

the same time? Are you doing two prayers at the same time?' That was

about the subh prayer and the two rakas before subh."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah

ibn Umar missed the two rakas of dawn, and then did them after the sun

rose.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim

that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad had done the same as Ibn Umar.