Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 1432

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr Search within the hadiths
Sunan Abi Dawud 1432
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، - مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صلى الله عليه وسلم بِثَلاَثٍ لاَ أَدَعُهُنَّ فِي سَفَرٍ وَلاَ حَضَرٍ رَكْعَتَىِ الضُّحَى وَصَوْمِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ وَأَنْ لاَ أَنَامَ إِلاَّ عَلَى وِتْرٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Aban ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abu Said—of Azd Shanua—from Abu Hurayrah, who said: My beloved (peace and blessings be upon him) advised me to do three things that I would not leave, whether traveling or resident: the two units of the forenoon prayer, fasting three days each month, and not sleeping except after praying witr.