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![ʿAlī b. ʿAbdallāh narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b.
Mahdī narrated to us, from Mālik b. Anas, from Makhrama b.
Sulaymān, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbās (r_), who said, “I
slept at the home of my aunt Maymūna. I said, ‘I want to
watch the prayer of the Messenger of God (s).’ So a
cushion was laid out for him, and the Messenger of God (s)
slept on it lengthwise. And [he awoke at night, and] he
started to wipe the sleep from his face and then read the
last ten verses from Surat Al ʿImrān until he finished the
chapter. Then he went to a water skin that was hung up and
started performing his ablutions. Then he went to pray, so I
got up and did as he did. Then I went and stood at his side.
But the Messenger of God (s) placed his hand on my head
and took my ear and started twisting it. Then he prayed two
prayer units, then two more, then two more, then two more,
then two more, then two more, and then he prayed just one
unit.”
- Sahih al-Bukhari: kitab al-tafsir, #4613](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/yztnwv64tzifzdorpzec-signature-1ac2e22641976c3bf82157765c97a9ab2b0ca2efb92c03feba5dcc947bbeecbb-poli-161031110426/85/Dr-Jonathan-AC-Brown-How-to-Approach-Hadith-4-320.jpg)
![ʿAlī b. ʿAbdallāh narrated to us, saying: Ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from
Sufyān, from Salama, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbās (r_), who said: I
slept at the home of [my aunt] Maymūna, [a wife of the Prophet], and
the Prophet (s) rose to relieve himself and then washed his face and
hands and then went to sleep again. Then he rose and went to the
water skin, untying it and performing his ablution a bit more than
usual but not like doing it twice. Then he prayed, and I rushed over
not wanting him to think that I was hesitant [to pray and was just
watching him]. And I performed my ablutions. Then he stood up in
his prayer, so I went and stood at his left, but he took me by the ear
and turned me around to his right and then completed his prayers,
thirteen cycles in all. Then he went back to sleep until he snored.
And he snored when he slept. Then Bilāl called him to [the dawn]
prayer, and he prayed without performing his ablutions. And he used
to say in his invocations [at night], “O God, make there light in my
heart and in my sight and in my hearing, light to my right and to my
left, above me and below me, light before me and behind me. Make
there light for me.”
– Sahih al-Bukhari: kitab al-da’awat, bab al-du’a idha intabaha bi’l-layl](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/yztnwv64tzifzdorpzec-signature-1ac2e22641976c3bf82157765c97a9ab2b0ca2efb92c03feba5dcc947bbeecbb-poli-161031110426/85/Dr-Jonathan-AC-Brown-How-to-Approach-Hadith-5-320.jpg)
![Ismāʿīl narrated to us, saying: Mālik narrated to
me, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-Aʿraj, from Abū
Hurayra (r_) that the Messenger of God (s) said,
“By the one who holds my soul in His hand,
indeed I would like to order firewood gathered
and then issue the command of prayer and then
command a man to lead the people in prayer.
Then I would follow up on those men [who were
not present] and burn down their houses on top
of them. By the one who holds my soul in His
hand, if any of you knew that he would find a
fatty bone or two tender legs he would be
present at dinner.”
- Sahih al-Bukhari: kitab al-Ahkam, bab 53](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/yztnwv64tzifzdorpzec-signature-1ac2e22641976c3bf82157765c97a9ab2b0ca2efb92c03feba5dcc947bbeecbb-poli-161031110426/85/Dr-Jonathan-AC-Brown-How-to-Approach-Hadith-9-320.jpg)
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