Sunan Ibn Majah
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 110
مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ
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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad bin Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us. He said: I heard Ali bin Zaid bin Judan say: I heard Anas bin Malik say: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), the caller would call the adhan, and because so many people stood to pray the two rakahs before Maghrib, one would think it was the iqamah.
Chapter 111
مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ
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Yaqub bin Ibrahim Ad-Dawraqi narrated to us: Hushaym narrated to us, from Khalid Al-Hadhdha, from Abdullah bin Shaqiq, from Aishah, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) would pray Maghrib, then return to my home and pray two rakahs.
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Abdul-Wahhab bin Ad-Dahhak narrated to us: Ismail bin Ayyash narrated to us, from Muhammad bin Ishaq, from Asim bin Umar bin Qatadah, from Mahmud bin Labid, from Rafi bin Khadij, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us among Banu Abd Al-Ashhal and led us in the Maghrib prayer in our mosque. Then he said: Pray these two rakahs in your homes.
Chapter 112
مَا يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ
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Ahmad bin Al-Azhar narrated to us: Abdur-Rahman bin Waqid narrated to us. Another chain: Muhammad bin Al-Muammal bin As-Sabah narrated to us: Badal bin Al-Muhabbar narrated to us. They both said: Abdul-Malik bin Al-Walid narrated to us: Asim bin Bahdalah narrated to us, from Zirr and Abu Wail, from Abdullah bin Masud, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in the two rakahs after Maghrib: Say: O disbelievers (Al-Kafirun, 109) and Say: He is Allah, the One (Al-Ikhlas, 112).
Chapter 113
مَا جَاءَ فِي السِّتِّ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ
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Ali bin Muhammad narrated to us: Abu Al-Husain Al-Ukli narrated to us: Umar bin Abu Khathm Al-Yamami informed me: Yahya bin Abu Kathir narrated to us, from Abu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman bin Awf, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever prays six rakahs after Maghrib and does not speak badly between them, they will be equivalent for him to the worship of twelve years.
Chapter 114
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْوِتْرِ
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Muhammad bin Ramh Al-Misri narrated to us: Al-Laith bin Sad informed us, from Yazid bin Abu Habib, from Abdullah bin Rashid Az-Zufi, from Abdullah bin Abu Murrah Az-Zufi, from Kharijah bin Hudhafah Al-Adawi, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) came out to us and said: Allah has granted you an additional prayer that is better for you than red camels: Witr. Allah has appointed it for you between the Isha prayer and the rising of dawn.
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The Arabic verb means endowed or granted; the source English renders it as enjoined, which could imply an obligation not stated by this verb.
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Ali bin Muhammad and Muhammad bin As-Sabbah narrated to us: Abu Bakr bin Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim bin Damrah As-Saluli, who said: Ali bin Abu Talib said: Witr is not an obligation, nor is it like your prescribed prayers, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed Witr. Then he said: O people of the Quran, pray Witr, for Allah is Witr and loves Witr.
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The English witness supplies an explanatory footnote interpreting Witr as odd and glossing divine uniqueness. This explanation is not present in the Arabic text of the block; the main translation retains the Arabic word Witr.
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Uthman bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Abu Hafs Al-Abbar narrated to us, from Al-Amash, from Amr bin Murrah, from Abu Ubaidah, from Abdullah bin Masud, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Allah is Witr and loves Witr, so pray Witr, O people of the Quran. A Bedouin said: What is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying? He replied: It is not for you or your companions.
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The final exchange is rendered close to the Arabic; the speaker of the reply is not named explicitly in the source wording.
Chapter 115
مَا جَاءَ فِيمَا يُقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ
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Uthman bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Abu Hafs Al-Abbar narrated to us: Al-Amash narrated to us, from Talhah and Zubayd, from Dharr, from Said bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abza, from his father, from Ubayy bin Kab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr with: Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High (Al-Ala, 87); Say: O disbelievers (Al-Kafirun, 109); and Say: He is Allah, the One (Al-Ikhlas, 112).
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Nasr bin Ali Al-Jahdami narrated to us: Abu Ahmad narrated to us: Yunus bin Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from his father, from Said bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr reciting: Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High (Al-Ala, 87); Say: O disbelievers (Al-Kafirun, 109); and Say: He is Allah, the One (Al-Ikhlas, 112). Ahmad bin Mansur Abu Bakr narrated to us: Shababah narrated to us: Yunus bin Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from his father, from Said bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with similar wording.
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Muhammad bin As-Sabbah and Abu Yusuf Ar-Raqqi Muhammad bin Ahmad As-Saidalani narrated to us: Muhammad bin Salamah narrated to us, from Khusaif, from Abdul-Aziz bin Juraij, who said: We asked Aishah what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in Witr. She said: In the first rakah he would recite Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High (Al-Ala, 87); in the second, Say: O disbelievers (Al-Kafirun, 109); and in the third, Say: He is Allah, the One (Al-Ikhlas, 112), and the two refuge-seeking surahs (Al-Falaq, 113, and An-Nas, 114).
Chapter 116
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِرَكْعَةٍ
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Ahmad bin Abdah narrated to us: Hammad bin Zaid narrated to us, from Anas bin Sirin, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray at night in pairs, and pray one rakah as Witr.
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Muhammad bin Abdul-Malik bin Abu Ash-Shawarib narrated to us: Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad narrated to us: Asim narrated to us, from Abu Mijlaz, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The night prayer is offered two by two, and Witr is one rakah. I said: What if sleep overcomes me? What if I fall asleep? He said: Set your what-if at that star. I raised my head and there was As-Simak. Then he repeated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The night prayer is offered two by two, and Witr is one rakah before Subh.
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The reply about placing ones what-if at a star is obscure in the Arabic and is retained literally; the English witness interprets it as advice not to worry. The English witness also has a footnote identifying As-Simak with either Arcturus or Spica; this astronomical identification is not stated in the Arabic block.
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Abdur-Rahman bin Ibrahim Ad-Dimashqi narrated to us: Al-Walid bin Muslim narrated to us: Al-Awzai narrated to us: Al-Muttalib bin Abdullah narrated to us, who said: A man asked Ibn Umar: How should I pray Witr? He replied: Pray Witr as one rakah. The man said: I fear people will say that it is cut short. He said: The Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger. That is, this is the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ).
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The last explanatory sentence is present in the Arabic source block as an editorial gloss and is included.
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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Shababah narrated to us, from Ibn Abu Dhilb, from Az-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would give the taslim after every two rakahs and pray Witr as one rakah.
Chapter 117
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ
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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Sharik narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Buraid bin Abu Maryam, from Abu Al-Hawra, from Al-Hasan bin Ali, who said: My grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), taught me words to say in the Qunut of Witr: O Allah, grant me well-being along with those to whom You have granted well-being; take me into Your care along with those whom You have taken into Your care; guide me along with those whom You have guided; protect me from the evil of what You have decreed; and bless for me what You have bestowed. You decree, and none can decree over You. The one whom You befriend is not humiliated. Glory be to You, our Lord; blessed are You and exalted.
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Abu Umar Hafs bin Amr narrated to us: Bahz bin Asad narrated to us: Hammad bin Salamah narrated to me: Hisham bin Amr Al-Fazari narrated to me, from Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith bin Hisham Al-Makhzumi, from Ali bin Abu Talib, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say at the end of his Witr: O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your displeasure, and in Your pardon from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.
Chapter 118
مَنْ كَانَ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْقُنُوتِ
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Nasr bin Ali Al-Jahdami narrated to us: Yazid bin Zurai narrated to us: Said bin Abu Arubah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas bin Malik, that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) did not raise his hands in any supplication except when praying for rain; then he raised them until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.
Chapter 119
مَنْ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَمَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ
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Abu Kuraib and Muhammad bin As-Sabbah narrated to us: Aid bin Habib narrated to us, from Salih bin Hassan Al-Ansari, from Muhammad bin Kab Al-Qurazi, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When you supplicate to Allah, supplicate with the insides of your palms, and do not supplicate with their backs. When you finish, wipe your face with them.
Chapter 120
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقُنُوتِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَبَعْدَهُ
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Ali bin Maimun Ar-Raqqi narrated to us: Makhlad bin Yazid narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Zubaid Al-Yami, from Said bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abza, from his father, from Ubayy bin Kab, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr and recite the Qunut before bowing.