Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 1433

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr Search within the hadiths
Sunan Abi Dawud 1433
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ السَّكُونِيِّ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صلى الله عليه وسلم بِثَلاَثٍ لاَ أَدَعُهُنَّ لِشَىْءٍ أَوْصَانِي بِصِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَلاَ أَنَامُ إِلاَّ عَلَى وِتْرٍ وَبِسُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ ‏.‏

Translation

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Najdah narrated to us: Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, from Safwan ibn Amr, from Abu Idris al-Sakuni, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from Abu al-Darda, who said: My beloved (peace and blessings be upon him) advised me to do three things that I would not abandon for anything. He advised me to fast three days every month, not to sleep except after praying witr, and to perform the forenoon prayer whether resident or traveling.