It was narrated to me by Abu al-Rabi' al-Zahrani: Hammad—meaning Ibn Zayd—informed us. He said: And Hasan ibn al-Rabi' narrated to us: Mahdi ibn Maymun narrated to us. He said: And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us. He said: And Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Ibn Numayr narrated to us, all from Hisham ibn 'Urwah. He said: And Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me—and the wording is his—he said: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, who said: My father informed me, from 'A'ishah, who said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) recite in any part of the night prayer while sitting, until he grew old; then he would recite sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained of the surah, he would stand and recite them, then bow.