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Ill-thought Came
Ill-thought Came (Sahih el Boykhari · Select Collections) — "an ill-thought came to me.\" We said, \"What was the ill-thought?\" He said, \"It was to sit down…
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- Night worship and related conduct described in the narrations
- Practices associated with Tahajjud and the night prayer
- The Prophet used Siwak to clean his mouth and teeth before Tahajjud.
- The night prayer was performed in pairs of two rak‘at, followed by one rak‘a as witr before dawn.
- Reported variations in the number of rak‘at
- Ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Prophet’s night prayer consisted of thirteen rak‘at.
- Aisha reported seven, nine, or eleven rak‘at, besides the two Sunnah rak‘at of Fajr.
- Aisha also reported thirteen rak‘at including witr and the two Sunnah rak‘at of Fajr.
- The Prophet’s nightly routine varied between praying at night and sleeping.
- His fasting pattern also varied: at times he did not fast for many days, and at other times he fasted for many days.
- A reported ill-thought was to sit down while leaving the Prophet standing.