Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Salat-Ut-Tahajjud (Night Prayer)

3- بَابُ طُولِ السُّجُودِ فِي قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ:

(3) Chapter. To perform a long prostration in the Tahajjud (night prayer).

1 hadith · references 1123–1123

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Bukhari · 1123كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ، كَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلَاتَهُ يَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ , وَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ اAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer eleven rak`at and that was his prayer. He used to prolong the prostration to such an extent that one could recite fifty verses (of the Qur'an) before he would lift his head. He used to5 narrators