The Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and Its Shortening-04b
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The reciter: Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Hisham informed us from Khalid from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: Mishkat al-Masabih 1162.
The Shaykh : (peace and blessings be upon him). This is an explanation of most of the voluntary prayers of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
‘Abdallah b. Shaqiq said he asked ‘A'isha about the Messenger of God’s voluntary prayers and she replied, “Before the noon prayer he would pray four rak'as in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then come in and pray two rak'as . He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then come in and pray two rak'as . Then he would lead the people in the evening prayer, and enter my house and pray two rak'as . He would pray nine rak'as during the night, including the witr .* At night he would pray for a long time standing and for a long time sitting, and when he recited the Qur’an while standing he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position, and when he recited while sitting he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position; and when dawn came he prayed two rak'as ."
سألت عائشة عن صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلّم عن تطوّعه فقالت: كان يصلي في بيتي قبل الظهر أربعا ثم يخرج فيصلي بالناس ثم يدخل فيصلي ركعتين وكان يصلي بالناس المغرب ثم يدخل فيصلي ركعتين ويصلي بالناس العشاء ويدخل بيتي فيصلي ركعتين وكان يصلي من الليل تسع ركعات فيهن الوتر وكان يصلي ليلا طويلا قائما وليلا طويلا قاعدا وكان إذا قرأ وهو قائم ركع وسجد وهو قائم وإذا قرأ قاعدا ركع وسجد وهو قاعد وكان إذا طلع الفجر صلى ركعتينThe Shaykh : (peace and blessings be upon him). This is an explanation of most of the voluntary prayers of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).