Sahih Muslim Book - 6, Hadith - 1911

حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِىُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ الأَحْدَبُ عَنْ أَبِى وَائِلٍ قَالَ غَدَوْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ يَوْمًا بَعْدَ مَا صَلَّيْنَا الْغَدَاةَ فَسَلَّمْنَا بِالْبَابِ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا - قَالَ - فَمَكَثْنَا بِالْبَابِ هُنَيَّةً - قَالَ - فَخَرَجَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ فَقَالَتْ أَلاَ تَدْخُلُونَ فَدَخَلْنَا فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ يُسَبِّحُ فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَكُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا وَقَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُمْ فَقُلْنَا لاَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ نَائِمٌ. قَالَ ظَنَنْتُمْ بِآلِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ غَفْلَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يُسَبِّحُ حَتَّى ظَنَّ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ فَقَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ انْظُرِى هَلْ طَلَعَتْ قَالَ فَنَظَرَتْ فَإِذَا هِىَ لَمْ تَطْلُعْ فَأَقْبَلَ يُسَبِّحُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ قَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ انْظُرِى هَلْ طَلَعَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَإِذَا هِىَ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ. فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَقَالَنَا يَوْمَنَا هَذَا - فَقَالَ مَهْدِىٌّ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ - وَلَمْ يُهْلِكْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا - قَالَ - فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ الْبَارِحَةَ كُلَّهُ - قَالَ - فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ إِنَّا لَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا الْقَرَائِنَ وَإِنِّى لأَحْفَظُ الْقَرَائِنَ الَّتِى كَانَ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَسُورَتَيْنِ مِنْ آلِ حم.

It was narrated that Abu Wa'il said: "We went to 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud one morning after we had prayed Al-Ghadah and we greeted him at the door, and he granted us permission (to enter). We stayed at the door for a while, then the slave girl came out and said: 'Will you not enter?' So we entered and found him sitting, reciting Tasbih. He said: 'What kept you from entering when permission had been given to you?' We said: 'Nothing, except that we thought that some of the people of the household might be sleeping.' He said: 'Do you think there is idleness among the family of Ibn Umm 'Abd?' Then he went back to reciting Tasbih until he thought that the sun had risen and he said: 'O girl, look and see whether it has risen.' She looked and saw that it had not risen. Then he went back to reciting Tasbih until he thought that the sun had risen and he said: 'O girl, look and see whether it has risen.' She looked and saw that it had risen. He said: 'Praise be to Allah Who has caused this day of ours to come when we are still in a state of soundness."' (One of the narrators) Mahdi said: "I think that he said: 'and has not destroyed us for our sins."' - "A man among the people said: 'I recited all of Al-Mufassal last night.' 'Abdullah said: 'This is like the hasty recitation of poetry. We heard the pairs, and I remember the pairs that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) used to recite: 'Eighteen Surah from Al-Mufassal and two Surah from the family of Ha-Mim."'