Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَخِي حُذَيْفَةَ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ لِأُصَلِّيَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَافْتَتَحَ فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً لَيْسَتْ بِالْخَفِيَّةِ وَلَا بِالرَّفِيعَةِ قِرَاءَةً حَسَنَةً يُرَتِّلُ فِيهَا يُسْمِعُنَا قَالَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ نَحْوًا مِنْ قِيَامِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ رُكُوعِهِ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ إِلَى الطَّوْلِ وَعَلَيْهِ سَوَادٌ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ هُوَ تَطَوُّعُ اللَّيْلِ.
English Translation
It was narrated to us by Abdur-Rahman ibn Mahdi, who said: It was narrated to us by Za'idah, from Abdul-Malik ibn 'Umayr, who said: It was narrated to me by the nephew of Hudhayfah, from Hudhayfah, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, one night to pray behind him in his prayer. He opened the prayer and recited in a manner that was neither too quiet nor too loud, a beautiful recitation, reciting slowly and distinctly, letting us hear it. He said: Then he bowed for about as long as he had stood, then he raised his head for about as long as his bowing had been, and said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him,' then he said: 'Praise be to Allah, Possessor of might, sovereignty, greatness and grandeur,' until he finished with 'and bounty,' and the darkness of night was upon him. He said: Abdul-Malik said: This was the voluntary night prayer.