Sunan Abu Dawood 226

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا بُرْدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ:‏‏‏‏ أَرَأَيْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوْ فِي آخِرِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَرُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فِي آخِرِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ أَرَأَيْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُوتِرُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَمْ فِي آخِرِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ رُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَرُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ فِي آخِرِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ أَرَأَيْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَمْ يَخْفُتُ بِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ رُبَّمَا جَهَرَ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَرُبَّمَا خَفَتَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً .

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Ghudayf ibn al-Harith reported: I asked Aishah: Have you seen the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم washing (because of defilement) at the beginning of the night or at the end? She replied: Sometimes he would take a bath at the beginning of the night and sometimes at the end. Thereupon I exclaimed: Allah is most Great. All Praise be to Allah Who made this matter accommodative. I again asked her: What do you think, did the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say the witr prayer (additional prayer after obligatory prayer at night) in the beginning of the night or at the end? She replied: Sometimes he would say the witr prayer at the beginning of the night and sometimes at the end. I exclaimed: Allah is most Great. All praise be to Allah Who made the matter accommodative. Again I asked her: What do you think, did the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم recite the Quran (in the prayer) loudly or softly? She replied: Sometimes he would recite loudly and sometimes softly. I exclaimed: Allah is most Great. All praise be to Allah Who made the matter flexible.