Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَيَزِيدُ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا أَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ السُّوَرَ قَالَتْ الْمُفَصَّلَ قُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَعْدَمَا حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ قُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى قَالَتْ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِيءَ مِنْ مَغِيبِهِ قُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ شَهْرًا سِوَى رَمَضَانَ قَالَتْ لَا وَاللَّهِ إِنْ صَامَ شَهْرًا تَامًّا سِوَى رَمَضَانَ وَلَا أَفْطَرَهُ كُلَّهُ حَتَّى يَصُومَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا قُلْتُ أَيُّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ قَالَتْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَتْ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ فَسَكَتَتْ.
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Shaqiq said: I asked Aisha: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) recite entire surahs? She said: From the Mufassal (the short surahs). I asked: Did the Messenger of Allah pray sitting? She said: Yes, after the people had worn him out. I asked: Did the Messenger of Allah pray the Duha prayer? She said: No, unless he returned from a journey. I asked: Did the Messenger of Allah fast an entire month other than Ramadan? She said: No, by Allah, he never fasted a complete month other than Ramadan, nor did he leave any month without fasting some of it. I asked: Which of the companions of the Messenger of Allah was most beloved to him? She said: Abu Bakr. I asked: Then who? She said: Then Umar. I asked: Then who? She said: Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. Yazid said: I asked: Then who? He said: She was silent.