Sayyiduna Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the manner of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray thirteen rak‘ahs. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray eight rak‘ahs of voluntary prayer, then perform witr, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray two rak‘ahs while sitting, and when he intended to bow (ruku‘), he would stand up and then bow, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray two rak‘ahs (of the morning prayer) between the adhan and the iqamah. These are the words of the hadith of Abu Musa. Janab al-Dawraqi narrated in his hadith these words: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray one rak‘ah of witr, then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished with salam, he would say Allahu Akbar and pray two rak‘ahs while sitting, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray two rak‘ahs between the adhan and the iqamah of the Fajr prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I went to visit my maternal aunt, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), so I coincided with the night of the Prophet (peace be upon him) — (that night, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was also staying at the house of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her)). So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) woke up well before the time of suhoor, performed ablution thoroughly, and then began to pray standing. I also got up, performed ablution, and then came and stood at his side. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) realized that I wanted to pray with him, he took me by my hand and made me stand on his right side. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed nine or seven rak‘ahs of witr, then he performed two rak‘ahs and lay down and slept until I heard his snoring. Then the iqamah for prayer was given, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) went out and led the prayer. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that these two rak‘ahs which Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) mentioned in this hadith, it is possible that he means those two rak‘ahs which the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray after witr, as Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) has reported. And it is also possible that he means those two rak‘ahs which the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray before the obligatory morning prayer.