Hadith 38027

Yahya related to me from Malik from Makhrama ibn Sulayman fromKurayb, the mawla of Ibn Abbas, that Abdullah ibn Abbas told him thathe had spent a night at the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was also Ibn Abbas'mother's sister. Ibn Abbas said, "I lay down with my head on thebreadth of the cushion, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, and his wife lay down with their heads on itslength. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, slept, until, halfway through the night or a little before orafter it, he awoke and sat up and wiped the sleep away from his facewith his hand. Then he recited the last ten ayats of sura Ali Imran(Sura3). Then he got up and went over to a water-skin which washanging up and did wudu from it, doing his wudu thoroughly, and thenhe stood in prayer."Ibn Abbas continued, "I stood up and didthe same and then went and stood by his side. The Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, put his right hand on my headand took my right ear and tweaked it. He prayed two rakas, then tworakas, then two rakas, then two rakas, then two rakas, then two rakas,and then prayed an odd raka. Then he lay down until the muadhdhin cameto him, and then prayed two quick rakas, and went out and prayed subh."