Book 19: Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)
Chapter: How was the Salat of the Prophet (pbuh) and how many Rak'a he used to offer at night?
Report an issue
Sahih al-Bukhari 1140 · Book 19, Hadith 21
Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Narrated by 'Aisha bint Abi Bakr 4 narrators
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 1140
In-book reference
Book 19, Hadith 21
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 2, Book 21, Hadith 241
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ.
Related Hadiths
Sahih al-Bukhari 1138
Narrated ibn Abbas
The prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1139
Narrated 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 o...
Sahih al-Bukhari 1137
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar
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 yo...
Sahih al-Bukhari 1164
Narrated Aisha
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer thirteen rak`at in the night prayer and on hearing the Adhan for the morning prayer, he used to offer...
Sahih al-Bukhari 1182
Narrated Aisha
The Prophet (ﷺ) never missed four rak`at before the Zuhr prayer and two rak`at before the Fajr prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1162
Narrated Aisha
After offering the two rak`at (Sunna) the Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake; otherwise he would lie down.