Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

04

Prayer

كتاب الصلاة

 

Chapter 32c: Prayer at Night - Section 3

باب صلاة الليل - الفصل الثالث

Mishkat al-Masabih 1208

Anas said, “We never wanted to see Allah's Messenger ﷺ praying at night without doing so, and we never wanted to see him sleeping without doing so.”* *The tradition most probably means that he Prophet (ﷺ) did not go to extremes in religious observances. Nasa'i transmitted it.

وَعَن أنس قَالَ: مَا كُنَّا نَشَاءُ أَنْ نَرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي اللَّيْلِ مُصَلِّيًا إِلَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ وَلَا نَشَاءُ أَنْ نَرَاهُ نَائِما إِلَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ