Sahih Al-Bukhari — Hadith #994
Hadith #994
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، كَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلاَتَهُ ـ تَعْنِي بِاللَّيْلِ ـ فَيَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، وَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلاَةِ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak`at at night and that was his night prayer and each of his
prostrations lasted for a period enough for one of you to recite fifty verses before Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
raised his head. He also used to pray two rak`at (Sunnah) before the (compulsory) Fajr prayer and then
lie down on his right side till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him for the prayer.
Narrated by
Aisha (RA)
Source
Sahih Al-Bukhari # 14/994
Grade
Sahih
Category
Chapter 14: Witr Prayer