Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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Nasr bin Ali Al-Jahdami narrated to us: Sahl bin Yusuf narrated to us: Humaid narrated to us, from Anas bin Malik, who said: He was asked about Qunut in the Subh prayer, and he said: We used to recite Qunut before bowing and after it.

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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us: Abdul-Wahhab narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Muhammad, who said: I asked Anas bin Malik about Qunut, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited Qunut after bowing.

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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.

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Ali bin Muhammad narrated to us: Waki narrated to us. (Another chain) Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad bin Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim bin Damrah, from Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed Witr during every part of the night, at its beginning and middle, and his Witr ended at the pre-dawn time.

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Abdullah bin Said narrated to us: Ibn Abu Ghaniyah narrated to us: Al-Amash narrated to us, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: Whoever among you fears that he will not wake in the latter part of the night, let him pray Witr at the beginning of the night and then sleep. Whoever among you hopes that he will wake in the latter part of the night, let him pray Witr at the end of the night, for recitation at the end of the night is attended, and that is better.

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Abu Musab Ahmad bin Abu Bakr Al-Madani and Suwaid bin Said narrated to us: Abdur-Rahman bin Zaid bin Aslam narrated to us, from his father, from Ata bin Yasar, from Abu Said, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever sleeps through Witr or forgets it, let him pray it in the morning or when he remembers.

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Muhammad bin Yahya and Ahmad bin Al-Azhar narrated to us: Abdul-Razzaq narrated to us: Mamar informed us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Said, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Pray Witr before morning comes. Muhammad bin Yahya said: In this hadith there is evidence that the hadith of Abdur-Rahman is weak.

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Abdur-Rahman bin Ibrahim Ad-Dimashqi narrated to us: Al-Firyabi narrated to us, from Al-Awzai, from Az-Zuhri, from Ata bin Yazid Al-Laithi, from Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Witr is due. Whoever wishes may pray Witr as five rakahs; whoever wishes may pray it as three; and whoever wishes may pray it as one.

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Muhammad bin Bishr narrated to us: Said bin Abu Arubah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Sad bin Hisham, who said: I asked Aishah: Mother of the Believers, tell me about the Witr prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: We would prepare his toothstick and water for purification. Allah would cause him to rise during the night at whatever time He willed. He would use the toothstick and perform ablution, then pray nine rakahs, sitting only at the eighth. There he would supplicate to his Lord, remember Allah, praise Him, and call upon Him. Then he would rise without giving the taslim, stand, and pray the ninth rakah. Then he would sit, remember Allah, praise Him, supplicate to his Lord, and send blessings upon His Prophet. Then he would give a taslim that we could hear. After giving the taslim, he would pray two rakahs while seated. That made eleven rakahs. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) grew older and gained weight, he prayed Witr as seven rakahs, then prayed two rakahs after giving the taslim.

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Humaid bin Abdur-Rahman narrated to us, from Zuhair, from Mansur, from Al-Hakam, from Miqsam, from Umm Salamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr as seven or five rakahs, without separating them with a taslim or speech.

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Ahmad bin Sinan and Ishaq bin Mansur narrated to us: Yazid bin Harun narrated to us: Shubah informed us, from Jabir, from Salim, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray two rakahs while traveling and did not add to them. He would perform night prayer. I asked: Did he pray Witr? He replied: Yes.

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Ismail bin Musa narrated to us: Sharik narrated to us, from Jabir, from Amir, from Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established the travel prayer as two rakahs; they are complete, not shortened. Witr while traveling is a Sunnah.

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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us: Hammad bin Masadah narrated to us: Maimun bin Musa Al-Marai narrated to us, from Al-Hasan, from his mother, from Umm Salamah, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray two brief rakahs after Witr while seated.

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Abdur-Rahman bin Ibrahim Ad-Dimashqi narrated to us: Umar bin Abdul-Wahid narrated to us: Al-Awzai narrated to us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, from Abu Salamah, who said: Aishah narrated to me, saying: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray Witr as one rakah, then pray two rakahs while seated, reciting in them. When he wished to bow, he would stand and bow.

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Ali bin Muhammad narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Misar and Sufyan, from Sad bin Ibrahim, from Abu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman, from Aishah, who said: At the end of the night, whenever I would find—or encounter—the Prophet (ﷺ), he would be sleeping beside me. Waki said: She meant after Witr.

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Ismail bin Ulayyah narrated to us, from Abdur-Rahman bin Ishaq, from Az-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the two rakahs before Fajr, he would lie down on his right side.

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Umar bin Hisham narrated to us: An-Nadr bin Shumail narrated to us: Shubah informed us: Suhail bin Abu Salih narrated to me, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed the two rakahs before Fajr, he would lie down.

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Ahmad bin Sinan narrated to us: Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi narrated to us, from Malik bin Anas, from Abu Bakr bin Umar bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Al-Khattab, from Said bin Yasar, who said: I was with Ibn Umar, but I lagged behind and prayed Witr. He said: What kept you behind? I said: I prayed Witr. He said: Do you not have an excellent example in the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? I said: Indeed. He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr while riding his camel.

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Muhammad bin Yazid Al-Asfati narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Abbad bin Mansur narrated to us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray Witr while riding his mount.

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Abu Dawud Sulaiman bin Tawbah narrated to us: Yahya bin Abu Bukair narrated to us: Zaidah narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr: At what time do you pray Witr? He replied: At the beginning of the night, after Isha. He said: And you, Umar? He replied: At the end of the night. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: As for you, Abu Bakr, you have taken hold of the firmest handhold; and as for you, Umar, you have taken hold of strength. Abu Dawud Sulaiman bin Tawbah narrated to us: Muhammad bin Abbad informed us: Yahya bin Sulaim narrated to us, from Ubaidullah, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr; then he mentioned something similar.