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6 November 2026 26 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 1129

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Hadith 1129
وَعَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّيْلِ. فَقَالَت: سبع وتسع وَإِحْدَى عشر رَكْعَة سوى رَكْعَتي الْفجْر. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Masruq said he asked ‘A’isha what prayers God’s Messenger said during the night and she replied, “Seven, nine, and eleven rak'as apart from the two rak'as of the dawn prayer.”

Bukhari transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1129

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Hadith 1128
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا الْوتر وركعتا الْفجْر. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
She said the Prophet used to pray thirteen rak'as during the night, including the witr and two rak'as of the dawn prayer.

Muslim transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1128 Open
Hadith 1130
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لِيُصَلِّيَ افْتتح صلَاته بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خفيفتين. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
‘A’isha said that when the Prophet stood up at night to pray he began his prayer with two short rak'as.

Muslim transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1130 Open
Hadith 1127
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شقَّه الْأَيْمن "
She said that when the Prophet prayed the two rak'as of the dawn prayer he lay down on his right side.

(Bukhari and Muslim.)