#468 468 - Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Wuhaib narrated to us, from Dawud bin Abi Hind, from Al-Walid bin Abdur-Rahman, from Jubayr bin Nufayr, from Abu Dharr, who said: "We fasted Ramadan with the Messenger of Allah (saw), and he did not lead us in prayer at all during the month, until it was the night of the twenty-fourth, the seventh of what remained, he prayed with us until nearly a third of the night had passed. When it was the night of the twenty-fifth, he did not pray with us. When it was the night of the twenty-sixth, the fifth of what remained, he prayed with us until nearly half of the night had passed. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if only you would lead us in voluntary prayer for the rest of our night ⁽⁹⁸⁾.' He said: 'No, for indeed when a man prays with the Imam until he finishes, it is recorded for him as praying the whole night.' When it was the night of the twenty-seventh, he did not pray with us. When it was the night of the twenty-eighth, the Messenger of Allah (saw) returned to his family and the people gathered for him, so he prayed with us until we feared we would miss the falah, then ⁽⁹⁹⁾ O son of my brother ⁽¹⁰⁰⁾' he did not lead us in prayer for any other part of the month." He said: And the falah is the suhoor.

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