\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nI did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur'an) in the night prayer while sitting except when he became \nold; when he used to recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he \nwould get up and recite them and then bow.\n

\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nI did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting (the Qur'an) in the night prayer while sitting except when he became \nold; when he used to recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he \nwould get up and recite them and then bow.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ جَالِسًا، حَتَّى إِذَا كَبِرَ قَرَأَ جَالِسًا، فَإِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّورَةِ ثَلاَثُونَ أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهُنَّ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ‏.‏