Ibn 'Abbas reported: I slept one night in the house of Maimuna when the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was there, with a view to seeing the prayer of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) at night. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) entered into conversation with his wife for a short while, and then went to sleep, and the rest of the hadith is the same and in it mention is made of:" He then got up, performed ablution and brushed his teeth."

'Abdullah bin 'Abbas reported: He spent (one night) in the house of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He (the Holy Prophet) got up, brushed his teeth and performed ablution and said:" In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, there are indeed signs for people of understanding" (al-Qur'an, iii. 190), to the end of the Surah. He then stood up and prayed two rak'ahs, standing, bowing and prostrating himself at length in them. Then he finished, went to sleep and snored. He did that three times, six rak'ahs altogether, each time cleaning his teeth, performing ablution, and reciting these verses. Then he observed three rak'ahs of Witr. The Mu'adhdhin then pronounced the Adhan and he went out for prayer and was saying,:" O Allah I place light in my heart, light in my tongue, place light in my hearing, place light in my eyesight, place light behind me, and light in front of me, and place light above me, and light below me. O Allah! grant me light."

Ibn Abbas (RA) reported: I spent a night in the house of my mother's sister Maimuna. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) got up for observing voluntary prayer (Tahajjud) at night. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood by the water-skin and performed ablution and then stood up and prayed. I also got up when I saw him doing that. I also performed ablution from the water-skin and then stood at his left side. He took hold of my hand from behind his back and then turned me from his back to his right side. I ('Ata', one of the narrators) said: Did it concern the voluntary prayer (at night)? He ('Ibn 'Abbas) said: Yes.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: (My father) Abbas sent me to the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he was in the house of my mother's sister Maimuna and spent that night along with him. He (the Holy Prophet) got up and prayed at night, and I stood up on his left side. He caught hold of me from behind his back and made me stand on his right side.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: I spent a night in the house of my mother's sister Maimuna, and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated above.

Abu Jamra reported: I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observed thirteen rak'ahs at night.

Zaid b Khalid al-Juhani said: I would definitely watch at night the prayer observed by the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He prayed two short rak'ahs, then two long, long, long rak'ahs, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding rak'ahs, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then he prayed two rak'ahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then observed a single one (Witr), making a total of thirteen rak'ahs

Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported: I accompanied the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in a journey and we reached a watering place. He said: Jabir, are you going to enter it? I said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then got down and I entered it. He (the Holy Prophet) then went away to relieve himself and I placed for him water for ablution. He then came back and performed ablution, and then stood and prayed in one garment, having its ends tied from the opposite sides. I stood. behind him and he caught hold of my ear and made me stand on his right side.

'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rak'ahs.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.