English Translation

Abu Kamil told us: Zuhayr told us: Abu Ishaq told us, who said: I came to al-Aswad ibn Yazid - he was a brother and friend of mine - and said: "Abu Amr, tell me what the Mother of the Believers told you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." He said: she said: he used to sleep in the early part of the night and stay awake in its latter part. He might sometimes have a need for his wife, then sleep before touching water. When the first call came, he would spring up - and she did not say he got up and poured water over himself, and she did not say he performed the greater ablution - and I know what you mean - and if he was not in a state of major impurity, he would perform ablution as a man does for prayer.