Volume 2, Book 21, Number 225:
Narrated Jundab bin ‘Abdullah:
Gabriel did not come to the Prophet (for some time) and so one of the Quraish women said, “His
Satan has deserted him.” So came the Divine Revelation: “By the forenoon And by the night When it is
still! Your Lord (O Muhammad) has neither Forsaken you Nor hated you.” (93.1-3)
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 241:
Narrated ‘Aisha,
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer thirteen Rakat of the night prayer and that included the Witr
and two Rakat (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 226:
Narrated Um Salama:
One night the Prophet got up and said, “Subhan Allah! How many afflictions Allah has revealed
tonight and how many treasures have been sent down (disclosed). Go and wake the sleeping lady oc –
cupants of these dwellings up (for prayers), perhaps a well-dressed in this world may be naked in
the Hereafter.”
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 227:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib
One night Allah’s Apostle came to me and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet and asked, “Won’t
you pray (at night)?” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Our souls are in the hands of Allah and if He wants us
to get up He will make us get up.” When I said that, he left us without saying anything and I heard
that he was hitting his thigh and saying, “But man is more quarrelsome than anything.” (18.54)
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 228:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 2 > BOOK 21: PRAYER AT NIGHT (TAHAJJUD)
Allah’s Apostle used to give up a good deed, although he loved to do it, for fear that people might
act on it and it might be made compulsory for them. The Prophet never prayed the Duha prayer, but
I offer it.
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 229:
Narrated ‘Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers:
One night Allah’s Apostle offered the prayer in the Mosque and the people followed him. The next
night he also offered the prayer and too many people gathered. On the third and the fourth nights
more people gathered, but Allah’s Apostle did not come out to them. In the morning he said, “I saw
what you were doing and nothing but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be enjoined on you,
stopped me from coming to you.” And that happened in the month of Ramadan.
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 230:
Narrated Al-Mughira:
The Prophet used to stand (in the prayer) or pray till both his feet or legs swelled. He was asked
why (he offered such an unbearable prayer) and he said, “should I not be a thankful slave.”
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 231:
Narrated Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As:
Allah’s Apostle told me, “The most beloved prayer to Allah is that of David and the most beloved
fasts to Allah are those of David. He used to sleep for half of the night and then pray for one third of
the night and again sleep for its sixth part and used to fast on alternate days.”