Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to lie down on his right side, after offering two rak`at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said in his narration of a dream that he saw, “He whose head was being crushed with a
stone was one who learnt the Qur’an but never acted on it, and slept ignoring the compulsory prayers.”

After offering the Sunna of the Fajr prayer, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake;
otherwise he would lie down till the Iqama call was proclaimed (for the Fajr prayer).

A person was mentioned before the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and he was told that he had kept on sleeping till
morning and had not got up for the prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Satan urinated in his ears.”

After offering the two rak`at (Sunna) the Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake;
otherwise he would lie down.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, “Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes every night down on the
nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying: “Is there anyone to invoke Me,
so that I may respond to invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request? Is
there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?”

I asked `Aisha “How is the night prayer of the Prophet?” She replied, “He used to sleep early at night,
and get up in its last part to pray, and then return to his bed. When the Mu’adh-dhin pronounced the
Adhan, he would get up. If he was in need of a bath he would take it; otherwise he would perform
ablution and then go out (for the prayer).”

I asked `Aisha, “How is the prayer of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) during the month of Ramadan.” She said,
“Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) never exceeded eleven rak`at in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer four
rak`at– do not ask me about their beauty and length, then four rak`at, do not ask me about their beauty
and length, and then three rak`at.” Aisha further said, “I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you sleep before
offering the witr prayer?’ He replied, ‘O `Aisha! My eyes sleep but my heart remains awake’!”

I did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur’an) in the night prayer while sitting except when he became
old; when he used to recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he
would get up and recite them and then bow.

At the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) asked Bilal, “Tell me of the best deed you did after
embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise.” Bilal replied, “I did not do
anything worth mentioning except that whenever I performed ablution during the day or night, I
prayed after that ablution as much as was written for me.”