Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I spent the night at the house of my maternal aunt, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). That night, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was also present at her house. The Prophet (peace be upon him) performed ablution, then stood up and began to offer prayer. I came and stood on his left side, so he took hold of me and made me stand on his right side. That night, he offered four rak‘ahs, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) slept until he began to snore. When he used to sleep, he would snore. Then the mu’adhdhin came to him, so he went out and led the prayer, and did not perform ablution again. This narration is also transmitted with another chain.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: He spent the night at the house of his maternal aunt, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stood up at night to perform prayer. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: I got up, performed ablution, and came to stand on his left side. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) pulled me and made me stand on his right side. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed thirteen rak‘ahs, in which his standing was equal.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: During the time of Hudaybiyyah, we were coming with the Prophet (peace be upon him). We camped at the place of "Suqya." Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Who will give us water to drink? Then he (perhaps the Prophet, peace be upon him) said: Jabir! Set out with some young men of the Ansar. At the place of "Athayah," we reached the water. The distance between these two places was about 23 miles. From there, we drank water ourselves and gave our animals water to drink, until after evening a man came on his camel. His camel was struggling to go towards the pond, and he was telling it to move forward. Then it moved forward. I took hold of his mount's reins and made his camel sit down. The Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up and performed the Isha prayer. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) was at his side. The Prophet (peace be upon him) performed thirteen rak'ahs.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he made his mount sit down, then he dismounted and performed ten rak‘ahs, two at a time. Then he performed one rak‘ah of witr, then he performed two rak‘ahs (sunnah) of Fajr, then he performed the morning (Fajr) prayer.

Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not perform the night nawafil (voluntary prayers) sitting down, until when he became older, then he would recite (the Qur'an) while sitting, and when about thirty or forty verses remained in the recitation, he would stand up and recite them, then go into prostration.

Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to perform long prayers at night while standing, and he also used to perform long prayers while sitting. When he performed the prayer standing, he would go into bowing (ruku) from the standing position, and when he performed the prayer sitting, he would go into bowing from the sitting position.

Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I never saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performing the night voluntary prayers sitting down, until when he became old, he would recite (the Qur'an) sitting down. When there remained thirty or forty verses of a surah, he would stand up and recite them, then go into bowing (ruku).

Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would not recite while sitting in the voluntary night prayer until, when he became older, he began to recite while sitting. And when there remained thirty or forty verses of a surah, he would stand and recite them, then go into bowing (ruku).

Abu Salamah reports: He asked Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) about the night voluntary prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform eight rak‘ahs, then he would perform witr, then he would sit and perform two rak‘ahs, then he would stand and recite (Qur’an), then go into ruku‘, then between the adhan and iqamah of the morning prayer he would perform two rak‘ahs (sunnah).

Sa’d bin Hisham narrates: He asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the night voluntary prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): So Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the ‘Isha prayer, he would offer two short rak’ahs, then he would sleep. The water for his ablution and his miswak would be placed near his head. Then he would wake up, use the miswak, perform ablution, and offer prayer, two short rak’ahs. Then he would stand and offer eight rak’ahs in which he would recite an equal amount in each. Then he would make them odd by performing witr with the ninth rak’ah. Then he would sit and offer two rak’ahs. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became older and his body became heavier, he reduced the eight rak’ahs to six and would perform witr with the seventh rak’ah. Then he would sit and offer two rak’ahs in which he would recite Surah Al-Kafiroon and Surah Az-Zalzalah.