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(the mother of the faithful believers) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (in his last days) used to pray sitting. He would
recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the recitation he would get up and
recite them while standing and then he would bow and prostrate. He used to do the same in the second
rak`a. After finishing the Prayer he used to look at me and if I was awake he would talk to me and if I
was asleep, he would lie down.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 18, Hadith 39
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(the mother of the faithful believers) I never saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering the night prayer while
sitting except in his old age and then he used to recite while sitting and whenever he wanted to bow he
would get up and recite thirty or forty verses (while standing) and then bow. Sahih al-Bukhari Book 18, Hadith 38
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When the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-hamd.
Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa
man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Wa lakal-hamd, anta-l-haq wa wa'duka-lhaq,
wa liqa'uka Haq, wa qauluka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa
Muhammadun, sallal-lahu'alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa'atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu Laka wabika
amantu, wa 'Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu faghfir li ma
qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama'a lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-l-mu akh-khir, la
ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are the Holder of the
Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You have the possession
of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You are the Light
of the Heavens and the Earth And all the praises are for You; You are the King of the Heavens and the
Earth; And all the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, And to meet
You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true And all the Prophets (Peace
be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah ! I
surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your
help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge between us).
Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I concealed or revealed And You are
the One who make (some people) forward And (some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but
you . Sufyan said that `Abdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above, 'Wala haula Wala quwata illa
billah' (There is neither might nor power except with Allah). Sahih al-Bukhari Book 19, Hadith 1