Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3653

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would offer the Isha prayer, then he would pray seven rak'ahs in the mosque before returning home. He would say the salam after every two rak'ahs, and he would pray three rak'ahs of witr. After the first two rak'ahs of witr he would sit for the tashahhud, and then when it was time to say the salam he would also sit for the tashahhud. In the witr he would recite the Mu'awwidhat. When he came home, he would pray two rak'ahs and then sleep. Then, when he woke up, he would recite: "All praise belongs to Allah, who gave me sleep in well-being and woke me in well-being." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head toward the sky and reflect, then recite: "Our Lord, You have not created this in vain. Glory be to You! So protect us from the punishment of the Fire." He (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite these verses until he reached: "Indeed, You do not break the promise." Then he would perform ablution, then stand and pray two rak'ahs in which he made the recitation, the bowing and the prostration long, and in which he supplicated abundantly, so much so that I would fall asleep and then wake up again. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would finish the prayer, lie down and sleep. Then he would get up, and then he would recite the same supplication as he had recited the first time. Then he would stand and pray two rak'ahs that were longer than the first two rak'ahs, and in them he would humble himself more and seek forgiveness more, so much so that I would think: Will he ever finish this prayer? This would continue until the end of the night. Then he would finish the prayer and sleep for a little while, and I would wonder whether he had slept or not, until the mu'adhdhin came to him. He would then recite words like those he had recited the first time. Then he would sit and call for the tooth-stick, use the tooth-stick and perform ablution, then pray two brief rak'ahs (which were the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would go out for the prayer. Thus his prayer was thirteen rak'ahs. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Narrations from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) other than this one are reported in the "Sahih".
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, and he has been criticised.