Sunan Abu Dawud — Prayer: Voluntary Prayers

This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version dies not mention that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr:Raise your voice a litte ; or he said to 'Umar: Lower your voice a little. But this version adds: (The Prophet said:) I heard you, Bilal, (reciting) ; you were reciting partly from this surah and partly from that surah. He said: This is all good speech ; Allah has combined one part with the other; The Prophet (ﷺ) said: All of you were correct

حدثنا ابو حصين بن يحيى الرازي، حدثنا اسباط بن محمد، عن محمد بن عمرو، عن ابي سلمة، عن ابي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بهذه القصة لم يذكر فقال لابي بكر : " ارفع من صوتك شييا " . ولعمر : " اخفض شييا " . زاد : " وقد سمعتك يا بلال وانت تقرا من هذه السورة ومن هذه السورة " . قال : كلام طيب يجمع الله تعالى بعضه الى بعض . فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : " كلكم قد اصاب

Narrated 'Aishah: A man got up at night and recited the Qur'an in a loud voice. When the dawn came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so who reminded me many verses that I had nearly forgotten. Abu Dawud said: Harun al-Nahwi transmitted from Hammad b. Salamah the Quranic verse of Surah Al-'Imran: "How many of the prophet fought (in Allah's way)" (3:)

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا حماد، عن هشام بن عروة، عن عروة، عن عايشة، رضى الله عنها : ان رجلا، قام من الليل فقرا فرفع صوته بالقران، فلما اصبح قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " يرحم الله فلانا، كاين من اية اذكرنيها الليلة كنت قد اسقطتها " . قال ابو داود : رواه هارون النحوي عن حماد بن سلمة في سورة ال عمران في الحروف { وكاين من نبي}

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) retired to the mosque. He heard them (the people) reciting the Qur'an in a loud voice. He removed the curtain and said: Lo! every one of you is calling his Lord quietly. One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other

حدثنا الحسن بن علي، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن اسماعيل بن امية، عن ابي سلمة، عن ابي سعيد، قال : اعتكف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في المسجد فسمعهم يجهرون بالقراءة، فكشف الستر وقال : " الا ان كلكم مناج ربه فلا يوذين بعضكم بعضا، ولا يرفع بعضكم على بعض في القراءة " . او قال : " في الصلاة

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: One who recites the Qur'an in a loud voice is like one who gives alms openly; and one who recites the Qur'an quietly is one who gives alms secretly

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا اسماعيل بن عياش، عن بحير بن سعد، عن خالد بن معدان، عن كثير بن مرة الحضرمي، عن عقبة بن عامر الجهني، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " الجاهر بالقران كالجاهر بالصدقة، والمسر بالقران كالمسر بالصدقة

Narrated 'Aishah:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray ten rak'ahs during the night, and would observe the witr with one rak'ah, he then prayed two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer. Thus he prayed thirteen rak'ahs in all

حدثنا ابن المثنى، حدثنا ابن ابي عدي، عن حنظلة، عن القاسم بن محمد، عن عايشة، قالت : كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي من الليل عشر ركعات، ويوتر بسجدة، ويسجد سجدتى الفجر، فذلك ثلاث عشرة ركعة

Narrated 'Aishah, wife of Prophet (ﷺ):The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak'ahs (at night, observing the witr with one rak'ahs). When he finished it (the prayer), he would lie down on his right side

حدثنا القعنبي، عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن عروة بن الزبير، عن عايشة، زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يصلي من الليل احدى عشرة ركعة، يوتر منها بواحدة، فاذا فرغ منها اضطجع على شقه الايمن

Narrated 'Aishah:Between the time when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished the night prayer till the dawn broke, he used to pray eleven rak'ahs, uttering the salutation at the end of every two and observing the witr with a single one, and during that he would make a prostration about as long a one of you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the mu'adhdhin finished making the call for the dawn prayer, he stood up and prayed two short rak'ahs, then he lay down on his right side till the mu'adhdhin came to him

حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن ابراهيم، ونصر بن عاصم، - وهذا لفظه - قالا حدثنا الوليد، حدثنا الاوزاعي، - وقال نصر : عن ابن ابي ذيب، والاوزاعي، - عن الزهري، عن عروة، عن عايشة، - رضى الله عنها - قالت : كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي فيما بين ان يفرغ من صلاة العشاء الى ان ينصدع الفجر احدى عشرة ركعة، يسلم من كل ثنتين ويوتر بواحدة، ويمكث في سجوده قدر ما يقرا احدكم خمسين اية قبل ان يرفع راسه، فاذا سكت الموذن بالاولى من صلاة الفجر قام فركع ركعتين خفيفتين، ثم اضطجع على شقه الايمن حتى ياتيه الموذن

This tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:He would observe witr with a single rak'ah and make a prostration as long as you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the mu'adhdhin finished his call for the dawn prayer and the dawn became clear to him.... Then the narrator transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect. Some narrators added something more in their version

حدثنا سليمان بن داود المهري، حدثنا ابن وهب، اخبرني ابن ابي ذيب، وعمرو بن الحارث، ويونس بن يزيد، ان ابن شهاب، اخبرهم باسناده، ومعناه،، قال : ويوتر بواحدة، ويسجد سجدة قدر ما يقرا احدكم خمسين اية قبل ان يرفع راسه، فاذا سكت الموذن من صلاة الفجر وتبين له الفجر . وساق معناه . قال : وبعضهم يزيد على بعض

Narrated 'Aishah:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs during the night, observing a witr out of that with five, he did not sit during the five except the last and then gave the salutation. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair reported it from Hisham recently

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا وهيب، حدثنا هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، عن عايشة، قالت : كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي من الليل ثلاث عشرة ركعة يوتر منها بخمس، لا يجلس في شىء من الخمس حتى يجلس في الاخرة فيسلم . قال ابو داود : رواه ابن نمير عن هشام، نحوه

Narrated 'Aishah:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs during the night ; he then offered two light rak'ahs of prayer when he heard the call to the dawn prayer

حدثنا القعنبي، عن مالك، عن هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، عن عايشة، قالت : كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي بالليل ثلاث عشرة ركعة، ثم يصلي اذا سمع النداء بالصبح ركعتين خفيفتين

Narrated 'Aishah:The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs during the night. He would offer eight rak'ahs observing the witr with one rak'ah. Then he prayed (the narrator Muslim said) two rak'ahs after witr prayer in sitting position. When he wished to bow, he stood up and bowed. He used to pray two rak'ahs between the call to the dawn prayer and the iqamah

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، ومسلم بن ابراهيم، قالا حدثنا ابان، عن يحيى، عن ابي سلمة، عن عايشة، : ان نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يصلي من الليل ثلاث عشرة ركعة، وكان يصلي ثماني ركعات، ويوتر بركعة، ثم يصلي - قال مسلم : بعد الوتر، ثم اتفقا - ركعتين وهو قاعد، فاذا اراد ان يركع قام فركع، ويصلي بين اذان الفجر والاقامة ركعتين

Abu Salamah b. 'Abd al-Rahman asked 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ):How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pray during Ramadhan ? She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray more than eleven rak'ahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan. He would pray four rak'ahs. Do not ask about their elegance and length. He then would pray for rak'ahs. Do not ask about their alegance and length. Then he would pray three rak'ahs. 'Aishah said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before observing witr ? He replied: 'Aishah, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep

حدثنا القعنبي، عن مالك، عن سعيد بن ابي سعيد المقبري، عن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، انه اخبره : انه، سال عايشة زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كيف كانت صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في رمضان فقالت : ما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يزيد في رمضان ولا في غيره على احدى عشرة ركعة : يصلي اربعا فلا تسال عن حسنهن وطولهن، ثم يصلي اربعا فلا تسال عن حسنهن وطولهن، ثم يصلي ثلاثا، قالت عايشة - رضى الله عنها - فقلت : يا رسول الله اتنام قبل ان توتر قال : " يا عايشة ان عينى تنامان ولا ينام قلبي

Narrated Sa'd bin Hisham: I divorced my wife. I then came to Medina to sell my land that was there so that I could buy arms and fight in battle. I met a group of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ). They said: Six persons of us intended to do so (i.e. divorce their wives and purchase weapons), but the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited them. He said: For you in the Messenger of Allah there is an excellent model. I then came to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him about the witr observed by the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: I point to you a person who is most familiar with the witr observed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Go to 'Aishah. While going to her I asked Hakim b. Aflah to accompany me. He refused, but I adjured him. He, therefore, went along with me. We sought permission to enter upon 'Aishah. She said: Who is this ? He said: Hakim b. Aflah. She asked: Who is with you ? He replied: Sa'd b. Hisham. She said: Hisham son of 'Amir who was killed in the Battle of Uhud. I said: Yes. She said: What a good man 'Amir was! I said: Mother of faithful, tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She asked: Do you not recite the Quran ? The character of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the Qur'an. I asked: Tell me about his vigil and prayer at night. She replied: Do you not recite: "O thou folded in garments" (73:1). I said: Why not ? When the opening of this Surah was revealed, the Companions stood praying (most of the night) until their fett swelled, and the concluding verses were not revealed for twelve months from heaven. At last the concluding verses were revealed and the prayer at night became voluntary after it was obligatory. I said: Tell me about the witr of the Prophet (ﷺ). She replied: He used to pray eight rak'ahs, sitting only during the eighth of them. Then he would stand up and pray another rak'ahs. He would sit only after the eighth and the ninth rak'ahs. He would utter salutation only after the ninth rak'ah. He would then pray two rak'ahs sitting and that made eleven rak'ahs, O my son. But when he grew old and became fleshy he observed a witr of seven, sitting only in sixth and seventh rak'ahs, and would utter salutation only after the seventh rak'ah. He would then pray two rak'ahs sitting, and that made nine rak'ahs, O my son. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not pray through a whole night, or recite the whole Qur'an in a night or fast a complete month except in Ramadan. When he offered prayer, he would do that regularly. When he was overtaken by sleep at night, he would pray twelve rak'ahs. The narrator said: I came to Ibn 'Abbas and narrated all this to him. By Allah, this is really a tradition. Has I been on speaking terms with her, I would have come to her and heard it from her mouth. I said: If I knew that you were not on speaking terms with her, I would have never narrated it to you

The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:He (the Prophet( used to pray eight rak'ahs during which he did not sit except the eight rak'ahs. He would sit, make mention of Allah, supplicate Him and then utter the salutation so loudly that we could hear it. He would then pray two rak'ahs sitting after he had uttered the salutation. Then he would pray one rak'ah, and that made eleven rak'ahs, O my son. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) grew old and became fleshy, he offered seven rak'ahs of witr, and then he would pray two rak'ahs sitting after he had uttered the salutation. The narrator narrated the tradition to the same effect till the end

حدثنا محمد بن بشار، حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد، عن سعيد، عن قتادة، باسناده نحوه قال : يصلي ثمان ركعات لا يجلس فيهن الا عند الثامنة، فيجلس فيذكر الله عز وجل، ثم يدعو، ثم يسلم تسليما يسمعنا، ثم يصلي ركعتين وهو جالس بعد ما يسلم، ثم يصلي ركعة، فتلك احدى عشرة ركعة يا بنى، فلما اسن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم واخذ اللحم اوتر بسبع، وصلى ركعتين وهو جالس بعد ما يسلم، بمعناه الى مشافهة

The above tradition has also been transmitted by Yahya b. Sa'id to the same effect. The version adds the words:"He uttered the salutation so loudly that we could hear it

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا محمد بن بشر، حدثنا سعيد، بهذا الحديث قال : يسلم تسليما يسمعنا كما قال يحيى بن سعيد

This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'id through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Ibn Bashshar narrated the tradition like that of Yahya b. Sa'id. His version has:He uttered the salutation in a way that we could hear it

حدثنا محمد بن بشار، حدثنا ابن ابي عدي، عن سعيد، بهذا الحديث قال ابن بشار بنحو حديث يحيى بن سعيد الا انه قال : ويسلم تسليمة يسمعنا

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Zurarah ibn Awfa said that Aisha was asked about the midnight prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: He used to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return to his family (in his house) and pray four rak'ahs. Then he would go to his bed and sleep, but the water for his ablution was placed covered near his head and his tooth-stick was also kept there until Allah awakened him at night. He then used the tooth-stick, performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of prayer and would pray eight rak'ahs, in which he would recite Surah al-Fatihah, and a surah from the Qur'an as Allah willed. He would not sit during any of them but sit after the eighth rak'ah, and would not utter the salutation, but recite (the Qur'an) during the ninth rak'ah. Then he would sit and supplicate as long as Allah willed, and beg Him and devote his attention to Him; He would utter the salutation once in such a loud voice that the inmates of the house were almost awakened by his loud salutation. He would then recite Surah al-Fatihah while sitting, bow while sitting, and then recite the Qur'an during the second rak'ah, and would bow and prostrate while sitting. He would supplicate Allah as long as He willed, then utter the salutation and turn away. This amount of prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) continued till he put a weight. During that period he retrenched two rak'ahs from nine and began to pray six and seven rak'ahs standing and two rak'ahs sitting. This continued till he died

حدثنا علي بن حسين الدرهمي، حدثنا ابن ابي عدي، عن بهز بن حكيم، حدثنا زرارة بن اوفى، : ان عايشة، - رضى الله عنها - سيلت عن صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في جوف الليل، فقالت : كان يصلي صلاة العشاء في جماعة، ثم يرجع الى اهله فيركع اربع ركعات، ثم ياوي الى فراشه وينام وطهوره مغطى عند راسه، وسواكه موضوع حتى يبعثه الله ساعته التي يبعثه من الليل، فيتسوك ويسبغ الوضوء، ثم يقوم الى مصلاه فيصلي ثمان ركعات يقرا فيهن بام الكتاب وسورة من القران وما شاء الله، ولا يقعد في شىء منها حتى يقعد في الثامنة، ولا يسلم، ويقرا في التاسعة، ثم يقعد فيدعو بما شاء الله ان يدعوه، ويساله ويرغب اليه ويسلم تسليمة واحدة شديدة، يكاد يوقظ اهل البيت من شدة تسليمه، ثم يقرا وهو قاعد بام الكتاب، ويركع وهو قاعد، ثم يقرا الثانية فيركع ويسجد وهو قاعد، ثم يدعو ما شاء الله ان يدعو، ثم يسلم وينصرف، فلم تزل تلك صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى بدن فنقص من التسع ثنتين، فجعلها الى الست والسبع وركعتيه وهو قاعد حتى قبض على ذلك صلى الله عليه وسلم

The above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Banu al-Hakim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:He (the Prophet) would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is no mention of praying four rak'ahs. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition. This version further says: He would pray eight rak'ahs during which his recitation of the Qur'an, bowing and prostration were all equal. He would sit only after the eight rak'ah, and then stand up without uttering the salutation, and pray one rak'ah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raising his voice so much so that we were about to awake. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect

حدثنا هارون بن عبد الله، حدثنا يزيد بن هارون، اخبرنا بهز بن حكيم، فذكر هذا الحديث باسناده قال : يصلي العشاء ثم ياوي الى فراشه، لم يذكر الاربع ركعات، وساق الحديث قال فيه : فيصلي ثماني ركعات يسوي بينهن في القراءة والركوع والسجود، ولا يجلس في شىء منهن الا في الثامنة، فانه كان يجلس ثم يقوم ولا يسلم، فيصلي ركعة يوتر بها، ثم يسلم تسليمة يرفع بها صوته حتى يوقظنا، ثم ساق معناه

Zurarah b. Awfa said that 'Aishah was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said:He used to lead the people in the 'Isha prayer and return to his family and pray four rak'ahs and go to his bed. The narrator then transmitted the tradition in full. This version does not mention the words: "During them (the rak'ahs) he equated all the recitation of the Qur'an, bowing and recitation." This also does not mention the words about the salutation: "Till he almost awakened us

حدثنا عمر بن عثمان، حدثنا مروان، - يعني ابن معاوية - عن بهز، حدثنا زرارة بن اوفى، عن عايشة ام المومنين، : انها سيلت عن صلاة، رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت : كان يصلي بالناس العشاء، ثم يرجع الى اهله فيصلي اربعا، ثم ياوي الى فراشه، ثم ساق الحديث بطوله ولم يذكر : يسوي بينهن في القراءة والركوع والسجود . ولم يذكر في التسليم : حتى يوقظنا

This tradition has also been transmitted by 'Aishah through a different chain of narrators. But the tradition narrated by Hammad b. Salamah is not equal to the tradition narrated by others

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا حماد، - يعني ابن سلمة - عن بهز بن حكيم، عن زرارة بن اوفى، عن سعد بن هشام، عن عايشة، - رضى الله عنها - بهذا الحديث وليس في تمام حديثهم