Prayer & Salah

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

He (the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) used to get up for the prayer on hearing the crowing of a cock.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

In my house he (Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) and Zaid bin Thabit took their Suhur together. When they finished it, the Prophet (ﷺ) stood for the (Fajr) prayer and offered it." We asked Anas, "What was the interval between their finishing...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

`Abdullah said, "One night I offered the Tahajjud prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he kept on standing till an ill-thought came to me." We said, "What was the ill-thought?" He said, "It was to sit down and leave the...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the prayer of the night?" He said, "Two rak`at followed by two rak`at and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one rak`a as witr."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

The prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

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). "

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer thirteen rak`at of the night prayer and that included the witr and two rak`at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Sometimes Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would not fast (for so many days) that we thought that he would not fast that month and he sometimes used to fast (for so many days) that we thought he would not leave fasting throughout...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, 'The night is long, so stay asleep.' When...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said in his narration of a dream that he saw, "He whose head was being crushed with a stone was one who learnt the Qur'an but never acted on it, and slept ignoring the compulsory prayers."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

A person was mentioned before the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and he was told that he had kept on sleeping till morning and had not got up for the prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Satan urinated in his ears."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying: "Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

I asked `Aisha "How is the night prayer of the Prophet?" She replied, "He used to sleep early at night, and get up in its last part to pray, and then return to his bed. When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

I asked `Aisha, "How is the prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) during the month of Ramadan." She said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never exceeded eleven rak`at in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer four rak`at-- do not ask...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

I did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur'an) in the night prayer while sitting except when he became old; when he used to recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he would...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

At the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal replied, "I did not do...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Narrated Anas bin Malik Once the Prophet (p.b.u.h) entered the Mosque and saw a rope hanging in between its two pillars. He said, "What is this rope?" The people said, "This rope is for Zainab who, when she feels tired,...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

A woman from the tribe of Bani Asad was sitting with me and Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) came to my house and said, "Who is this?" I said, "(She is) So and so. She does not sleep at night because she...