Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 1153:2339

Musnad Ahmad 1153:2339

Musnad of the truthful one, Aisha bint al-Siddiq (RA)

مسند الصديقة عائشة بنت الصديق رضي الله عنها

Hadith 1153:2339

Ya'qub narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, he said: Hisham ibn 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr and Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, both of them narrated to me from 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, from 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, she said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray thirteen rak'ahs at night, including his two rak'ahs after the dawn [prayer] before the morning [prayer], eleven rak'ahs of the night, six of them [performed] two by two, and he would perform witr with five, not sitting during them."

حدثنا يعقوب، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن ابن إسحاق، قال: حدثني هشام بن عروة بن الزبير، ومحمد بن جعفر بن الزبير، كلاهما حدثني عن عروة بن الزبير، عن عائشة، زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت: " كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي من الليل، ثلاث عشرة ركعة بركعتيه بعد الفجر قبل الصبح إحدى عشرة ركعة من الليل، ست منهن مثنى مثنى، ويوتر بخمس لا يقعد فيهن "