that he stayed overnight in the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) his aunt. He added: I lay on the cushion transversally in its breadthwise direction while Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) and his wife lay in its lengthwise direction. Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) slept till the middle of the night, either a bit before or a bit after it and then woke up, rubbing the traces of sleep off his face with his hands. He then, recited the last ten Verses of Sûrah Al-Imran, got up and went to a hanging water-skin. He then performed the ablution from it and it was a perfect ablution, and then stood up to offer the (prayer). I, too, got up and did as the Prophet (ﷺ) had done. Then I went and stood by his side (on his left side). He placed his right hand on my head and caught my right ear and twisted it (pulled me, and made me to stand by his right side). He prayed two Rak'at then two Rak‘at and two Rak'at and then two Rak'at and two Rak'at and then two Rak'at (separately six times), and finally one Rak'a (the Witr). Then he lay down again in the bed till the Mu'adhdhin came to him whereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) got up, offered a light two Rak'at prayer and went out and led the Fajr (early morning) prayer. [1:183-O.B.]