\nNarrated Aisha:\n \n\n(the mother of the faithful believers) I never saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering the night prayer while \nsitting except in his old age and then he used to recite while sitting and whenever he wanted to bow he \nwould get up and recite thirty or forty verses (while standing) and then bow.\n

\nNarrated Aisha:\n \n\n(the mother of the faithful believers) I never saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering the night prayer while \nsitting except in his old age and then he used to recite while sitting and whenever he wanted to bow he \nwould get up and recite thirty or forty verses (while standing) and then bow.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ اللَّيْلِ قَاعِدًا قَطُّ حَتَّى أَسَنَّ، فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ قَاعِدًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ، فَقَرَأَ نَحْوًا مِنْ ثَلاَثِينَ آيَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ آيَةً، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ‏.‏