Category: Q n A

A hadith like this has been narrated by ‘A’isha by another chain of transmitters.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray in the night and when he observed Witr, he said to me: O ‘A’isha, get up and observe Witr.

‘A’isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to offer prayer at night while she lay in front of him, and when the Witr prayer was yet to be observed, he would awaken her and she observed Witr.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed the Witr prayer every night and he completed Witr at the time of dawn.

Masruq reported on the authority of ‘A’isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn.

He (the Holy Prophet) loved (that action) which one keeps on doing regularly. I said (to ‘A’isha): When did he pray (at night)? She replied: When he heard the cock crow, he got up and observed prayer.

Never did the earlier part of the dawn find the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) but sleeping in my house or near me.

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had prayed the two rak’ahs (Sunan) of the dawn prayer, he would talk to me if I was awake, otherwise he would lie down.

He used to sleep in the early part of the night, and woke up in the latter part. If he then wished intercourse with his wife, he satisfied his desire, and then went to sleep; and when the first call to prayer was made he jumped up (by Allah, she, i. e. ‘A’isha, did not say” he stood up” ), and poured water over him (by Allah she, i. e. ‘A’isha, did not say that he took a bath but I know what she meant) and if he did not have an intercourse, he performed ablution, just as a man performs ablution for prayer and then observed two rak’ahs.

‘A’isha observed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe prayer in the night and the last of his (night) prayer was Witr.