Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 437 — The Book of Salât (Prayer) of Travellers and Its Taqsir (Shortening)

Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:

One night I slept at the house of Maimûna رضي الله عنها. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم woke up, answered the call of nature, washed his face and hands, and then slept. He got up (late at night), went to a waterskin, opened the mouth thereof and performed ablution not using much water, yet he washed all the parts properly and then offered the prayer.I got up and straightened my back in order that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم might not feel that I was watching him, and then I performed the ablution, and when he got up to offer the prayer, I stood on his left. He caught hold of my ear and brought me over to his right side. He offered thirteen Rak‘a in all and then lay down and slept till he started blowing out his breath as he used to do when he slept.In the meantime, Bilâl informed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم of the approaching time for the ( Fajr ) prayer, and the Prophet offered the Fajr (morning) prayer without performing new ablution. He used to say in his invocation, Allâhumma ij‘al fî qalbî nûran wa fî basarî nûran, wa fî sam‘î nûran, wa an yamînî nûran, wa an yasârî nûran, wa fâwqî nûran, wa tahtî nûran, wa amâmî nûran, wa khalfî nûran, waj‘al lî nûran. [1]Khuraib (a subnarrator) said, “I have forgotten seven other words, (which the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioned in this invocation). I met a man from the offspring of Al-'Abbâs and he narrated those seven things to me, mentioning, '(Let there be light in) my nerves, my flesh, my blood, my hair and my body,' and he also mentioned two other things." [1] ( Sahîh Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 328, Vol. 8 )