1318 — Abu Tawbah narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d, from his father, from Abu Salamah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: "The dawn never overtook him with me except that he was sleeping," meaning the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him(1).

1319 — Muhammad ibn ‘Isa narrated to us, Yahya ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from ‘Ikrimah ibn ‘Ammar, from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Du’ali, from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, the nephew of Hudhayfah, from Hudhayfah, who said: "When a matter weighed heavily upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, he would pray(2)."

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= And al-Bukhari also recorded it (1132) and (6461), and al-Nasa’i in al-Kubra (1318), via two chains from Shu‘bah, from al-Ash‘ath, from him (i.e., from ‘A’ishah).
It is also in Musnad Ahmad (24628), and Sahih Ibn Hibban (2444).

Al-sarakh: it is the loud voice. In the narration of al-Bukhari and Muslim: "when he heard the sarikh," which is the rooster. Al-Dihlawi said: It crows three times: first at the middle of the night, then when a quarter of the night remains, then at the appearance of the true dawn.

(1) Its chain is sound. Abu Tawbah: he is al-Rabi‘ ibn Nafi‘ al-Halabi. Sa‘d: he is Sa‘d ibn Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Qurashi. And Abu Salamah: he is ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf.
Al-Bukhari also recorded it (1133), and Muslim (742), and Ibn Majah (1197), via multiple chains from Sa‘d ibn Ibrahim, from him (i.e., from Abu Salamah).
It is also in Musnad Ahmad (25061).

Her saying "ma alfahu" with the letter fa’, meaning: she found him. And al-sahar (dawn) is raised (in the nominative) as its subject (i.e., the agent of the verb). Al-Hafiz said: What is meant is his sleep after the standing (in prayer) whose beginning is at the hearing of the sarikh (the rooster’s crow), reconciling between this and the earlier narration of Masruq.

(2) Its chain is weak, due to the unknown status of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah — also said to be Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd, Abu Qudamah — from whom only ‘Ikrimah ibn ‘Ammar al-Yamami narrated, and no one declared him trustworthy. And ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, the nephew of Hudhayfah, was narrated from by two unknown narrators. Al-Dhahabi said: He is not known. Nevertheless, al-‘Ijli declared him trustworthy, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in al-Thiqat!!