I spent the night at the house of my aunt Maymunah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up during the night, untied the waterskin and performed ablution, then refastened the waterskin and stood up to pray. I got up and performed ablution just as he had done, then came and stood on his left side. He took hold of me with his right hand and turned me around behind him, placing me on his right side, and I prayed with him.In another narration, he took hold of my head, or my forelock, and placed me on his right side.
بت في بيت خالتي ميمونة، فقام رسول الله ﷺ من الليل، فأطلق القربة فتوضأ، ثم أوكا القربة، ثم قام إلى الصلاة، فقمت فتوضأت كما توضأ، ثم جئت فقمت عن يساره، فأخذني بيمينه فأدارني من ورائه فأقامني عن يمينه، فصليت معه. وفي رواية: فأخذ برأسي، أو بذؤابتي فأقامني عن يمينه.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Adhan (698), and Muslim in the Book of the Prayer of the Traveler (763/184), both by way of Ibn Wahb, who said, Amr told us, from Abd Rabbih bin Saeed, from Makhrama bin Sulayman, from Kurayb, the freedman of Ibn Abbas, from Ibn Abbas, and he related it.The second narration is from Abu Dawud (610). This hadith was mentioned earlier in the Book of Wudu, in the chapter stating that sleep is not itself a nullifier of wudu, but rather grounds for suspecting one.Dhu'aba means the hair of the head.