before the two before them, then he prayed two rak'ahs and they were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed two rak'ahs and they were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed two rak'ahs and they were shorter than the two before them, then he performed witr, and that was thirteen rak'ahs. And Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs at night. Both were extracted by Muslim (104). There has been disagreement regarding the number of rak'ahs of the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) Tahajjud; for in these two hadiths, it is thirteen rak'ahs, and 'Aishah said: He would not increase in Ramadan or otherwise beyond eleven rak'ahs; he would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and their length—then he would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and their length—then he would pray three. In one wording, she said: His prayer in the month of Ramadan and otherwise at night was thirteen rak'ahs, including the two rak'ahs of dawn. In another wording: Including the witr and the two rak'ahs of dawn. In another wording: He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs, with the two rak'ahs of dawn. In another wording: He used to pray between the 'Isha' prayer and dawn eleven rak'ahs, performing the taslim after every two rak'ahs, and performing witr with one. Agreed upon (105). And perhaps she counts the two rak'ahs
(104) The first is in: The chapter on supplication in the night prayer and standing for it, from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/531, 532. It was also extracted by Abu Dawood, in: The chapter on the night prayer, from the Book of Voluntary Prayers. Sunan Abi Dawood 1/314, 315. And Ibn Majah, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding how much is prayed at night, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/433. And Imam Malik, in: The chapter on the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayer in Witr, from the Book of Night Prayer. Al-Muwatta 1/122. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 5/193. The second was extracted by Muslim, in the previous chapter, as it was also extracted by al-Bukhari, in: The chapter on how the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayer was and how much the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to pray at night, from the Book of Tahajjud. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/64. (105) They were extracted by al-Bukhari, in: The chapter on the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) standing at night in Ramadan and otherwise, from the Book of Tahajjud, and The chapter on the virtue of one who spends Ramadan in prayer, from the Book of Tarawih, and in: The chapter on how the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to sleep with his eyes but his heart would not sleep, from the Book of Virtues. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/66, 67, 3/59, 4/231, 232. And Muslim, in: The chapter on night prayer... etc., from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/508-510. They were also extracted by Abu Dawood, in: The chapter on the night prayer, from the Book of Voluntary Prayers 1/307, 313. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the description of the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/228, 229. And al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on the mu'adhdhin's notification to the Imams regarding prayer, from the Book of Adhan. And in: The chapter on prostration after finishing the prayer, from the Book of Forgetfulness, and in:
