موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Discussion on Voluntary and Sunnah Prayers
Night prayer is performed in sets of two rak‘ahs
Hadith 164
312- مالك عن عبد الله بن أبى بكر عن أبيه أن عبد الله بن قيس بن مخرمة أخبره عن زيد بن خالد الجهني أنه قال: لأرمقن صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الليلة. قال: فتوسدت عتبته أو فسطاطه، فصلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ركعتين خفيفتين ثم صلى ركعتين طويلتين طويلتين طويلتين، ثم صلى ركعتين وهما دون اللتين قبلهما، ثم صلى ركعتين وهما دون اللتين قبلهما، ثم صلى ركعتين وهما دون اللتين قبلهما، ثم صلى ركعتين وهما دون اللتين قبلهما، ثم أوتر، فذلك ثلاث عشرة ركعة.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: Tonight I will definitely observe how the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performs prayer. So I lay down at his doorstep or near his tent. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed two light rak‘ahs, then he prayed two long rak‘ahs, then after them he prayed two rak‘ahs which were less than the first two rak‘ahs, then he prayed two rak‘ahs which were less than the first two rak‘ahs, then he prayed two rak‘ahs and they were less than the first two rak‘ahs, then he prayed two rak‘ahs which were less than the first two rak‘ahs, then he prayed witr, so these were (in total) thirteen rak‘ahs.
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