Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَرْسَلْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فِي أَثَرِهِ لِتَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ ذَهَبَ قَالَتْ فَسَلَكَ نَحْوَ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَى الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيَّ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ خَرَجْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ.
English Translation
Qutaybah bin Sa'id told us, saying Abd al-Aziz bin Muhammad told us, from Alqamah bin Abi Alqamah, from his mother, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out one night, so I sent Barirah after him to see where he went. She said: He went towards Baqi' al-Gharqad, and stopped at the near end of al-Baqi', then raised his hands, then turned back. Barirah returned to me and told me. When morning came I asked him, saying: O Messenger of Allah, where did you go last night? He said: I was sent to the people of al-Baqi' to pray for them.