The Prophet ﷺ slept until he was breathing audibly, then he prayed. Sometimes he said, he lay down until he was breathing audibly, then he got up and prayed.Then Sufyan narrated this to us time after time from Amr, from Kurayb, from Ibn Abbas, who said, I spent a night at the home of my aunt Maymunah. The Prophet ﷺ got up during the night, and at some point in the night he rose and performed a light ablution from a hanging waterskin. Amr would describe it as light and minimal. Then he stood up to pray. So I performed an ablution similar to his, then came and stood on his left side, and Sufyan sometimes said, on his left. He moved me around and placed me on his right side. Then he prayed for as long as Allah willed. Then he lay down and slept until he was breathing audibly. Then the caller came and informed him that it was time for the prayer, so he got up and went with him to the prayer and prayed without performing ablution again.We said to Amr, "Some people say that the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ eyes sleep but his heart does not sleep."Amr replied, "I heard Ubayd bin Umayr say, the dreams of the prophets are revelation." Then he recited, "Indeed, I have seen in a dream that I am sacrificing you" [Saffat 37:102].
حدثنا علي بن عبد الله قال حدثنا سفيان عن عمرو قال أخبرني كريب
أن النبي ﷺ نام حتى نفخ ثم صلى وربما قال اضطجع حتى نفخ ثم قام فصلى ثم حدثنا به سفيان مرة بعد مرة عن عمرو عن كريب عن ابن عباس قال بت عند خالتي ميمونة ليلة فقام النبي ﷺ من الليل فلما كان في بعض الليل قام النبي ﷺ فتوضأ من شن معلق وضوءا خفيفا يخففه عمرو ويقلله وقام يصلي فتوضأت نحوا مما توضأ ثم جئت فقمت عن يساره وربما قال سفيان عن شماله فحولني فجعلني عن يمينه ثم صلى ما شاء الله ثم اضطجع فنام حتى نفخ ثم أتاه المنادي فآذنه بالصلاة فقام معه إلى الصلاة فصلى ولم يتوضأ قلنا لعمرو إن ناسا يقولون إن رسول الله ﷺ تنام عينه ولا ينام قلبه قال عمرو سمعت عبيد بن عمير يقول رؤيا الأنبياء وحي ثم قرأ {إني أرى في المنام أني أذبحك}