Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 1424

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr Search within the hadiths
Sunan Abi Dawud 1424
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خُصَيْفٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ يُوتِرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ قَالَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِـ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏}‏ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Abi Shuaib narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us: Khusayf narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Jurayj, who said: I asked Aishah, Mother of the Believers, what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray for witr. She mentioned a similar report. He said: In the third unit, he recited Qul huwa Allahu ahad (Say: He is Allah, the One) and the two protective surahs.