Tahajjud

Yahya related to me from Malik that Nafi said, "I was withAbdullah ibn Umar in Makka. The sky was clouded over and Abdullahfeared that dawn was approaching so he prayed one raka for witr. Thenthe clouds cleared and he saw that it was still night, so he made hisprayers even with one raka. Then he continued to pray two rakas at atime, until when he feared the approach of dawn, he prayed one rakafor witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to say the taslim between the two rakas and the one raka of witrso that he could order something he needed.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sad ibn AbiWaqqas used to pray witr after isha with one raka.

Maliksaid, "This is not the situation with us. Rather three is the minimumfor witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar thatAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The maghrib prayer is the witr of thedaytime prayers."

Malik said, "If someone prays witr at thebeginning of the night, and goes to sleep, and then wakes up and itseems good to him to pray, let him pray, two rakas at a time. That iswhat I like most of what I have heard."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al Karim ibnAbi'l-Mukhariq al-Basri from Said ibn Jubayr that Abdullah ibn Abbasslept, and when he woke up, he said to his servant, "Go and see whatthe people have done," (by that time his sight had gone.) The servantwent out and returned saying, "The people have left from subh," soAbdullah ibn Abbas got up and prayed witr and then prayed subh.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullahibn Abbas and Ubada ibn as-Samit and al-Qasim ibn Muhammad andAbdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia had all prayed witr after the break ofdawn.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that Abdullah ibn Masud said, "I do not mind if the iqama forthe subh prayer is called while I am still praying witr."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, ''Ubadaibn as-Samit used to lead the people in prayer. One day he came outfor subh and the muadhdhin began to give the iqama for the subh prayerUbada silenced him, prayed witr and then led them in subh."

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasimsaid, "I heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, 'I sometimes pray witrwhile hearing the iqama, or after the break of dawn.' " Abd ar-Rahmanwas not certain which he said.

Malik related to me that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim heard hisfather al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, "I have prayed witr after dawn."

Malik said, "Only a person who oversleeps so that he does notdo the witr prays it after dawn. No one should intentionally make hiswitr after dawn."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, used to pray two quick rakas when the muadhdhin hadfinished the adhan for the subh prayer, before the iqama was said forthe prayer.

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that A'isha, the wife ofthe Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used topray the two rakas of the dawn (fajr) so quickly that I would say tomyself 'Has he recited the umm al-Qur'an or not?' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sharik ibn Abdullah ibn AbiNamir that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, "Some people heard theiqama and started to pray. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, came out and said, 'Are you doing two prayers atthe same time? Are you doing two prayers at the same time?' That wasabout the subh prayer and the two rakas before subh."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullahibn Umar missed the two rakas of dawn, and then did them after the sunrose.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasimthat al-Qasim ibn Muhammad had done the same as Ibn Umar.