because the majority of those who described the Tahajjud of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) did not mention these two. Among them is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, Zayd ibn Khalid, and 'Aishah, according to what was narrated from her by 'Urwah, 'Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq, and al-Qasim, while there is a difference of opinion regarding it (50) from Abu Salamah. The majority of the Companions and those who came after them from the scholars are of the view to abandon them (51). The basis for their permissibility is what Sa'd ibn Hisham narrated from 'Aishah, that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to pray nine rak'ahs at night, then he would perform a salutation that we could hear, then he would pray two rak'ahs after the salutation while sitting, bringing the total to eleven rak'ahs. Abu Salamah said: I asked 'Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and she said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs; he would pray eight rak'ahs, then perform Witr, then pray two rak'ahs while sitting. When he intended to bow (ruku'), he would stand up and bow, and then he would pray two rak'ahs between the call to prayer (adhan) and the iqamah of the morning prayer." Both were recorded by Muslim (52). This was also narrated by Abu Umamah, and recommended by Khalid ibn Ma'dan and Kathir ibn Murrah al-Hadrami, and it was performed by al-Hasan. This is the basis for their permissibility. The Third Type:
(50) Meaning the transmission. (51) In (A) and (M): "abandoning them". (52) The first one was extracted by Muslim in: The chapter on the permissibility of voluntary prayer while standing or sitting... etc., and the chapter on the comprehensive nature of the night prayer and regarding the one who sleeps through it or is sick, from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/504, 513, 514. It was also extracted by al-Nasa'i in: The chapter on mentioning the disagreement regarding Habib ibn Abi Thabit in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas regarding Witr, from the Book of Night Prayer. al-Mujtaba 3/195. And by Ibn Majah in: What has been narrated regarding Witr with three, five, seven, and nine, and the chapter on what has been narrated regarding how much one prays at night, from the Book of Establishing the Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/376, 432. And by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 6/54, 168, 205, 217, 253. The second one was extracted by Muslim in: The chapter on the recommendation of the two rak'ahs of Fajr... etc., and the chapter on the night prayer... etc., from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/501, 509. It was also extracted by al-Bukhari in: The chapter on the Adhan after Fajr, from the Book of the Adhan. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/160. And by Abu Dawud in: The chapter on the night prayer, from the Book of Voluntary Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/308. And by al-Nasa'i in: The chapter on the permissibility of prayer between Witr and the two rak'ahs of Fajr, and the chapter on the time of the two rak'ahs of Fajr and mentioning the disagreement regarding Nafi', from the Book of Night Prayer. al-Mujtaba 3/209, 214. And by al-Darimi in: The chapter on the description of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/344. And by Imam Malik in: The chapter on the prayer of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in Witr, from the Book of Night Prayer. al-Muwatta' 1/121. And by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 6/81, 128, 138, 189, 230, 249, 279.
