Ill-thought Came

"an ill-thought came to me.\" We said, \"What was the ill-thought?\" He said, \"It was to sit down and\n\nleave the Prophet (standing).\"\n\nNarrated Hudhaifa:\n\nWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak.\n\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:\n\nA man said, \"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How is the prayer of the night?\" He said, \"Two rak`at followed by\n\ntwo rak`at and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one rak`a as witr.\"\n\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n\nThe prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.\n\nNarrated Masruq:\n\nI asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and she said, \"It was seven, nine or eleven\n\nrak`at besides the two rak`at of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). \"\n\nNarrated `Aisha:\n\nThe Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer thirteen rak`at of the night prayer and that included the witr and\n\ntwo rak`at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.\n\nNarrated Anas bin Malik:\n\nSometimes Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would not fast (for so many days) that we thought that he would not fast\n\nthat month and he sometimes used to fast (for so many days) that we thought he would not leave\n\nfasting throughout that month and (as regards his prayer and sleep at night), if you wanted to see him\n\npraying at night, you could see him praying and if you wanted to see him sleeping, you could see him\n\nsleeping.\n\nNarrated Abu Huraira:"