English Translation

Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, he said: Shu'bah told us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Aswad, who said: I asked Aisha about the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and she said: He used to sleep in the early part of the night, then rise; and when it was the time before dawn, he would pray witr, then go to his bed. If he had need of his wife, he would go to his family; then when he heard the call to prayer, he would jump up, and if he was in a state of major impurity, he would pour water over himself, otherwise he would perform ablution, then go out to the prayer. Affan told us: Shu'bah told us: Abu Ishaq said: he informed us, he said: I heard al-Aswad say: I asked Aisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned the like of it.