It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once he spent the night at the house of his maternal aunt, Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). He says: I lay down placing my head across the width of the pillow, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble wife lay down placing their heads along the length of the pillow. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept. When half the night had passed, or a little before or after it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) woke up and sat, and began to wipe his blessed face with his hands to remove the effects of sleep. Then he recited the last ten verses of Surah Al-Imran, then stood up and went to a hanging water-skin, performed ablution from it and did it thoroughly, and stood up to pray. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: I also stood up and did as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had done, and went and stood on his left side. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his right hand on my head and took hold of my right ear and began to twist it (and made me stand on his right side). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) first prayed two rak‘ahs, then continued to pray two by two rak‘ahs until he had prayed a total of twelve rak‘ahs, then he prayed witr, and then lay down until when the mu’adhdhin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he stood up and prayed two light rak‘ahs, then went out and led the people in the Fajr prayer.