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THE PRAYER OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him

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“The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, never offered more than eleven units of prayer during the nights of Ramadan or at any other time.

He would offer four units of prayer long and perfect, and then four similar, then three. I (Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her) asked him, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, do you sleep before offering the one unit of prayer (witr)?’ He answered, ‘Ayesha, my eyes sleep but my heart does not.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Lady Ayesha wife of the Prophet, Mother of Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.