Muwatta Malik - Tahajjud

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir fromSaid ibn al-Jubayr that a man who has approval (as a relater ofhadith), told him that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, said, "If a man prays in the night andsleep overcomes him during it, Allah writes for him the reward of hisprayer, and his sleep is sadaqa for him."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'nNadr, the mawla of Umaribn 'Ubaydullah, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, thewife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Iwas sleeping in front of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, and my feet were in his qibla. When heprostrated, he nudged me and I pulled up my feet,and when he stood upI spread them out." She added, "There were no lamps in the house atthat time."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "If you are drowsy in prayer, sleep until sleepleaves you, because if you pray while you are drowsy, you do not knowwhether you may intend to ask for forgiveness but (in fact) ask forharm."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ismail from Ibn Abi Hakimthat he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, heard a woman praying at night. He said, "Who isthat?" and someone said to him,"It is al-Hawla bint Tuwayt, she doesnot sleep in the night." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, disapproved of that and his disapproval showed inhis face. Then he said, "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, does notbecome weary, but you become weary. Take on whatever is within yourcapability."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from hisfather that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray as much as Allah willedin the night until at the end of the night he would wake his familyfor the prayer. He used to say to them, "The prayer, the prayer." Thenhe would recite the ayat, "Enjoin prayer on your family and beconstant in it. We do not ask you for your provision. We provide foryou. And the end result is for taqwa." (Sura 20 ayat 132)

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibnal-Musayyab used to say, "Sleep is disapproved of before isha andconversation after it."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "(Voluntary) prayer in both the day and night is two at a time with a taslim after every 2 raka'ahs." Malik said, "That is the custom among us."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, used to pray eleven rakas in the night, making themodd by a single one, and when he had finished he lay down on his rightside.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburifrom Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that he asked A'isha, thewife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, what theprayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was like during Ramadan. She said, "The Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, did not go above eleven rakas inRamadan or at any other time. He prayed four - do not ask me abouttheir beauty or length. Then he prayed another four - do not ask meabout their beauty and length. Then he prayed three."A'ishacontinued, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, are you sleeping before youdo the witr?' He said, A'isha, my eyes sleep but my heart does notsleep.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that A'isha, umm al-muminin said, "The Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray thirteen rakas inthe night and then would pray two rakas when he heard the adhan forthe subh prayer."