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When the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-hamd.
Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa
man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Wa lakal-hamd, anta-l-haq wa wa’duka-lhaq,
wa liqa’uka Haq, wa qauluka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa
Muhammadun, sallal-lahu’alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa’atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu Laka wabika
amantu, wa ‘Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu faghfir li ma
qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama’a lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-l-mu akh-khir, la
ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are the Holder of the
Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You have the possession
of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You are the Light
of the Heavens and the Earth And all the praises are for You; You are the King of the Heavens and the
Earth; And all the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, And to meet
You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true And all the Prophets (Peace
be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah ! I
surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your
help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge between us).
Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I concealed or revealed And You are
the One who make (some people) forward And (some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but
you . Sufyan said that `Abdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above, ‘Wala haula Wala quwata illa
billah’ (There is neither might nor power except with Allah).

A man said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the prayer of the night?” He said, “Two rak`at followed by
two rak`at and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one rak`a as witr.”

In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) whosoever saw a dream would narrate it to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). I had a wish
of seeing a dream to narrate it to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) I was a grown up boy and used to sleep in
the Mosque in the lifetime of the Prophet. I saw in the dream that two angels caught hold of me and
took me to the Fire which was built all round like a built well and had two poles in it and the people in
it were known to me. I started saying, “I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire.” Then I met another
angel who told me not to be afraid. I narrated the dream to Hafsa who told it to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). The
Prophet said, “Abdullah is a good man. I wish he prayed Tahajjud.” After that `Abdullah (i.e. Salim’s
father) used to sleep but a little at night.

The prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer eleven rak`at and that was his prayer. He used to prolong the prostration
to such an extent that one could recite fifty verses (of the Qur’an) before he would lift his head. He
used to pray two rak`at (Sunna) before the Fajr prayer and then used to lie down on his right side till
the call-maker came and informed him about the prayer.

I asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and she said, “It was seven, nine or eleven
rak`at besides the two rak`at of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer the Zuhr and `Asr prayers together on journeys, and also used to offer the Maghrib and `Isha’ prayers together. Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the Maghrib and the `Isha’ prayers together on journeys.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer these two prayers together on journeys i.e. the Maghrib and the `Isha’.

Salim told me, “`Abdullah bin `Umar said, ‘I saw Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) delaying the Maghrib prayer till he
offered it along with the `Isha prayer whenever he was in a hurry during the journey.’ ” Salim said,
“Abdullah bin `Umar used to do the same whenever he was in a hurry during the journey. After
making the call for Iqama, for the Maghrib prayer he used to offer three rak`at and then perform
Taslim. After waiting for a short while, he would pronounce the Iqama for the `Isha’ prayer and offer
two rak`at and perform Taslim. He never prayed any Nawafil in between the two prayers or after the
`Isha’ prayers till he got up in the middle of the night (for Tahajjud prayer).”

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) started a journey before noon, he used to delay the Zuhr prayer till the time of
`Asr and then offer them together; and if the sun declined (at noon) he used to offer the Zuhr prayer
and then ride (for the journey).