Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to offer his prayer (while standing) in the midst of the bed, and I used to lie in front of him between him and the Qibla It I had any necessity for getting up and I used to dislike to get up and face him (while he was in prayer), but I would gradually slip away from the bed.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 74: Asking Permission, Hadith #293
Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to offer his prayer (while standing) in the midst of the bed, and I used to lie in front of him between him and the Qibla It I had any necessity for getting up and I used to dislike to get up and face him (while he was in prayer), but I would gradually slip away from the bed.
This hadith is from the book of Asking Permission in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 293 in book 74 of volume 8.
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