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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn Ruman said, "The
people used to watch the night in prayer during Ramadan for twenty-
three rakas in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab."
Muwatta Malik Book 6, Hadith 5
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yusuf that as-
Sa'ib ibn Yazid said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab ordered Ubayy ibn Kab and
Tamim ad-Dari to watch the night in prayer with the people for eleven
rakas.The reciterof the Quran would recite the Mi'in (a group of
medium-sized suras) until we would be leaning on our staffs from
having stood so long in prayer. And we would not leave until the
approach of dawn."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that he
heard al-Araj say, "I never saw the people in Ramadan, but that they
were cursing the disbelievers." He added, "The reciter of Quran used
to recite surat al-Baqara in eight rakas and if he did it in twelve
rakas the people would think that he had made it easy."