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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
Sahih

صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ

The night prayer

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ لَهُ حَصِيرٌ يَبْسُطُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَيَحْتَجِرُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ، فَثَابَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ، فَصَلَّوْا وَرَاءَهُ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ

Translation

Aishah reported that the Prophet ﷺ had a mat which he spread out during the day and with which he screened off a compartment for himself at night. People flocked to him and prayed behind him.

Other translations

Deutsch

Aischa berichtete, dass der Prophet ﷺ eine Matte hatte, die er am Tag ausbreitete und mit der er sich in der Nacht einen abgeteilten Raum machte. Da strömten Leute zu ihm und beteten hinter ihm.

Türkçe

Âişe (r.a.), Nebî'nin ﷺ gündüz serdiği, gece ise onunla kendine bir bölme yaptığı bir hasırı olduğunu, insanların onun yanına toplanıp arkasında namaz kıldıklarını rivayet etti.

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ، وَجِدَارُ الْحُجْرَةِ قَصِيرٌ، فَرَأَى النَّاسُ شَخْصَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلاَتِهِ، فَأَصْبَحُوا فَتَحَدَّثُوا بِذَلِكَ، فَقَامَ لَيْلَةَ الثَّانِيَةِ، فَقَامَ مَعَهُ أُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلاَتِهِ، صَنَعُوا ذَلِكَ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ " إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ ".

    Aishah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night in his room, and the wall of the room was low. The people saw the figure of the Prophet ﷺ, and some people stood up praying, following his prayer. In the morning they talked …

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 8 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medina'Aisha bint Abi Bakr† 57 AH · MedinaAbu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman† 94 AH · MedinaSa'id bin Abi Sa'id† 120 AH · MedinaMuhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b…† 158 AH · MedinaMuhammad bin Abi Fadayk† 200 AH · MedinaIbrahim bin al-Mandhir bin '…† 236 AH · Medinaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. 'Aisha bint Abi Bakrعَائِشَةَ

    d. 57 AH / 678 CE · 17 Ramadan, Medina · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahmanأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

    d. 94 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Sa'id bin Abi Sa'idالْمَقْبُرِيِّ

    d. 120 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  5. Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Dh'abابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ

    d. 158 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. Muhammad bin Abi Fadaykابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ

    d. 200 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  7. Ibrahim bin al-Mandhir bin 'Abdullahإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ

    d. 236 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler