Ibn Abbâs reports that he once stayed the night as a guest of Maymûna, who was his aunt, and the Prophet, ﷺ. They slept on their blanket lengthways, and he slept at the end, crossways. After they had all slept for a while, the Prophet ﷺ rose in the middle of the night to pray the tahajjud prayer, and Ibn Abbas joined him.
They both did wudû, and he prayed eleven rak’ats with the Prophet ﷺ. Then they both went back to sleep again until dawn. Bilâl called the adhân and the Prophet ﷺ did another two short rakats, before going into the mosque to lead the Dawn Prayer.
Ibn Abbâs said that one of the duâs that the Prophet ﷺ made during this night was: O Allâh, place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light behind me, light in front of me, light on my right, light on my left, light above me and light below me; place light in my sinew, in my flesh, in my blood, in my hair and in my skin; place light in my soul and make light abundant for me; make me light and grant me light.
( وَعَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ { أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ أَوْ فِي سُجُودِهِ : اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا , وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا , وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا , وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا , وَعَنْ شِمَالِي نُورًا , وَأَمَامِي نُورًا , وَخَلْفِي نُورًا , وَفَوْقِي نُورًا , وَتَحْتِي نُورًا , وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا أَوْ قَالَ : وَاجْعَلْنِي نُورًا } . مُخْتَصَرٌ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ )
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