Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

كتاب الوتر

Chapter 28: Sending Salat Upon Other Than The Prophet (saws)

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

A woman said to the Prophet (ﷺ): Invoke blessing on me as well as on my husband. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: May Allah send blessing on you and your husband.

Chapter 29: Supplicating For One In His Absence

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Three supplications are answered, there being no doubt about them; that of a father, that of a traveller and that of one who has been wronged.

Chapter 31: Regarding Istikharah

Jabir b. 'Abd Allah said

Ibn Maslamah and Ibn 'Isa reported from Muhammad b. al-Munkadir on the authority of Jabir.

Chapter 32: Regarding Seeking Refuge

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate by saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from divisiveness, hypocrisy, and evil character."

Farwah b. Nawfal Al-Ashja'i asked 'Aishah the Mother of the Believers, about the supplication of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She replied

"He would say: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done.'"

Chapter 23: Regarding Supplication (Ad-Du'a)

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger.

Chapter 24: At-Tasbih (Glorifying Allah) Using Pebbles

Narrated Yusayrah, mother of Yasir

The Prophet (ﷺ) commanded them (the women emigrants) to be regular (in remembering Allah by saying): "Allah is most great"; "Glory be to the King, the Holy"; "there is no god but Allah"; and that they should count them on fingers, for they (the fingers) will be questioned and asked to speak.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting the glorification of Allah on fingers.

Ibn Qudamah said (in his version: "With his right hands".

Chapter 25: What A Person Should Say When He Says The Taslim

The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by 'Amr b. Murrah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds

Abu Dawud said: Sufyan heard eighteen traditions from 'Amr b. Murrah.

Chapter 26: About Seeking Forgiveness

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to recite Mu'awwidhatan (the last two surahs of the Qur'an) after every prayer.

Chapter 27: The Prohibition Of A Person Supplicating Against His Family And Wealth

Jabir b. 'Abd Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

Abu Dawud said: This Hadith has a continuous chain of narrators, 'Ubadah bin Al-Walid bin 'Ubadah (did) met Jabir.

Chapter 30: What Should One Say When He Is Afraid Of A People ?

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari

When the Prophet (ﷺ) feared a (group of) people, he would say: "O Allah, we make Thee our shield against them, and take refuge in Thee from their evils."

Chapter 32: Regarding Seeking Refuge

Anas b. Malik said

I used to serve the Prophet (ﷺ) and often hear him say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief and anxiety, from the hardships of debt, and from being overpowered by men."

'Aishah narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) would supplicate with the following words

"O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the trials of the Fire, and the punishment of the Fire, and from the evils of richness and poverty."

'Abd Allah b. 'Umar said that one of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was

"O Allah, I seek refuge in You that Your blessings are lifted, and Your protection (of me) is changed, and in the suddenness of Your punishment, and from all Your anger.

Narrated AbuHurayrah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow; and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evil hidden trait."

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) would say

"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a prayer that is of no benefit."

Narrated Shakl ibn Humayd

I said: Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication.

He said: Say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I hear, from the evil of what I see, from the evil of what I speak, from the evil of what I think, and from the evil of my semen" (i.e. sexual passion).

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri

One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the mosque. He saw there a man from the Ansar called AbuUmamah.

He said: What is the matter that I am seeing you sitting in the mosque when there is no time of prayer?

He said: I am entangled in cares and debts, Messenger of Allah.

He replied: Shall I not teach you words by which, when you say them, Allah will remove your care, and settle your debt?

He said: Why not, Messenger of Allah?

He said: Say in the morning and evening: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from care and grief, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity and slackness, I seek refuge in Thee from cowardice and niggardliness, and I seek in Thee from being overcome by debt and being put in subjection by men."

He said: When I did that Allah removed my care and settled my debt.

The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Abu al-Yusr through a different chain of narrators. This version adds

"and from sorrow".