Sahih al-Bukhari, 1139
sahihNarrated Masruq:
I asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and she said, "It was seven, nine or eleven rak`at besides the two rak`at of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). "
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِاللَّيْلِ. فَقَالَتْ سَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سِوَى رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ.
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Ishaq bin Mansur al-KausajMerv, Nisapur · d. 251 AH
- 2'Ubaidullah bin Abdal-Basra · d. 209 AH
- 3Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi IshaqHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 160 AH or after
- 4'Uthman bin 'Asim bin Husaynal-Kufa · d. after 127 AH
- 5Yahya bin Wathabal-Kufa · d. 103 AH
- 6Masrouq bin al-Ajda'Hijaz,Kufa · d. ~63 AH
- 7'Aisha bint Abi BakrMakkah/Medina · d. 57 AH/678 CE (17 Ramadan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 19, Hadith 20
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 2, Book 21, Hadith 240 (deprecated numbering scheme)