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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب صلاة التطوع والإمامة
Book of Voluntary Prayer and Leading the Prayer
في قوله ﵎: ﴿كانوا قليلا من الليل ما يهجعون﴾
On His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): "They used to sleep but little of the night"
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 6447 — On His saying (Blessed and Exalted is)
٦٤٤٧ - حدثنا غندرعن ابن جريج عن عطاء ﴿كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ﴾ قال: ذلك إذ أمروا بقيام الليل وكان أبو ذر يحتجز احتجازة ويأخذ العصا فيعتمد عليها فكانوا كذلك حتى (نزلت) (١) الرخصة: ﴿فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ﴾ (٢) [المزمل: ٢٠].
Ata, explaining the saying of Allah Almighty, "They used to sleep but little of the night" [al-Dhariyat: 17], said: In this verse the Companions were commanded to worship for most of the night. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) would tie his waist-wrapper tightly, take a staff and lean on it, and they continued like this until the concession about night worship was revealed: "So recite whatever is easy for you of it (the Qur'an)" [al-Muzzammil: 20].
