مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Abū Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, the Servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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مُسْنَدُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 99
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Ḥumayd said: Anas was asked about the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He replied: “Whenever we wanted to see him praying at night, we would certainly find him praying; and whenever we wanted to see him sleeping, we would certainly find him sleeping. He would fast during a month until we thought he would not break his fast at all throughout it, and he would not fast [for so many days] until we thought he would not fast at all during it.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 99
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ: «مَا كُنَّا نَشَاءُ أَنْ نَرَاهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مُصَلِّيًا إِلَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ، وَمَا كُنَّا نَشَاءُ أَنْ نَرَاهُ نَائِمًا إِلَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ، وَكَانَ يَصُومُ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: لَا يُفْطِرُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: لَا يَصُومُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا».
Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ
Reference : Three-Narrator Ahadith 99