Awf bin Malik Radhiyallahu anhu says:
"I spent a night with Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Rasulullah
Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam used the miswaak (cleaned the teeth), then performed
the wudhu, then stood up in salaah. I stood with him (joined him). He began
reciting the Surah Baqarah. Whenever he came across an aayah of mercy, he paused
and beseeched Allah of His Mercy. In the same manner when he came across an
aayah of adhaab (punishment), he paused and beseeched Allah for His forgiveness
from adhaab. He then performed ruku', and remained in the ruku for as long as he
had spent in the standing posture. He recited in the ruku':
Subhaana dhil jabaruti wal-malakuti wal-kibri-yaa-i wal-'a-za-mati.
Translation: Glory be to the Lord of the Might, the Dominion, the Majesty, and
the Magnificence.
Thereafter he performed the sajdah, which was as long as the ruku and recited
the same du'aa in the sajdah. He then recited the Surah Aali Imraan (in the
second rakah), thereafter one surah (in each rakah) and did the same"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ
صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ،
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَاصِمَ بْنَ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ،
يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، لَيْلَةً فَاسْتَاكَ،
ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي، فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَبَدَأَ فَاسْتَفْتَحَ
الْبَقَرَةَ، فَلا يَمُرُّ بِآيَةِ رَحْمَةٍ، إِلا وَقَفَ فَسَأَلَ، وَلا يَمُرُّ
بِآيَةِ عَذَابٍ، إِلا وَقَفَ فَتَعَوَّذَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَمَكَثَ رَاكِعًا بِقَدْرِ
قِيَامِهِ، وَيَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ: سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ،
وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ بِقَدْرِ رُكُوعِهِ، وَيَقُولُ فِي
سُجُودِهِ: سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ
وَالْعَظَمَةِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ سُورَةً، يَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
في كل ركعة.