How long did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spend in the night prayer with this lengthening?
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The questioner : ... fifteen years ... .
The Shaykh : I mean, glory to Allah, I mean you think he would stay praying until the midday prayer.
The questioner : No, ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : All of it.
The Shaykh : Now, we said that the measured recitation, what is the full measure? One-third of an hour ... I mean, if a person recites with a measured pace, one-third of an hour is sufficient for him.
The questioner : Twenty minutes.
The Shaykh : Twenty minutes, five parts in twenty minutes, how much does that amount to?
The student: One hour.
The Shaykh : Two hours minus one-third.
The student : ... fifty.
The Shaykh : His making supplication, asking, seeking refuge, and glorifying completes the one-third of an hour.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : It would be two hours, the recitation is two hours, okay, the bowing? Hudhayfah did not assert that the bowing is the length of the standing; he said "approximately" or "close to."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but the proportion mentioned in the hadith of al-Bara' and others is a proportion between the four pillars: the bowing and then the standing after it, the prostration and then the sitting after it; these are the pillars for which the closeness was mentioned. Therefore, it came in the authentic hadith, the standing before the bowing and the sitting for the tashahhud, because it is longer.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The Shaykh : I mean, glory to Allah, I mean you think he would stay praying until the midday prayer.
The questioner : No, ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : All of it.
The Shaykh : Now, we said that the measured recitation, what is the full measure? One-third of an hour ... I mean, if a person recites with a measured pace, one-third of an hour is sufficient for him.
The questioner : Twenty minutes.
The Shaykh : Twenty minutes, five parts in twenty minutes, how much does that amount to?
The student: One hour.
The Shaykh : Two hours minus one-third.
The student : ... fifty.
The Shaykh : His making supplication, asking, seeking refuge, and glorifying completes the one-third of an hour.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : It would be two hours, the recitation is two hours, okay, the bowing? Hudhayfah did not assert that the bowing is the length of the standing; he said "approximately" or "close to."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but the proportion mentioned in the hadith of al-Bara' and others is a proportion between the four pillars: the bowing and then the standing after it, the prostration and then the sitting after it; these are the pillars for which the closeness was mentioned. Therefore, it came in the authentic hadith
except for the standing and the sitting
ما عدا القيام والقعودThe questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?