Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1185

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ وِتْرِ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَتْ: مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ. مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ، وَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ، حِينَ مَاتَ، فِي السَّحَرِ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Abu Bakr bin Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Husain, from Yahya bin Waththab, from Masruq, who said: I asked Aishah about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: He prayed Witr during every part of the night, at its beginning and middle; by the time he died, his Witr was at the pre-dawn time.