Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1328

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَيُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَيُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَةً قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ‏.‏ وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ‏.‏ مُخْتَصَرٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Hammad ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from Ibn Wahb, who said: Ibn Abi Dhi’b, ‘Amr ibn al-Harith, and Yunus ibn Yazid informed me that Ibn Shihab had informed them, from ‘Urwah, who said: ‘A’ishah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray eleven rak‘ahs between finishing the ‘Isha prayer and dawn, and perform Witr with one rak‘ah. He would prostrate for as long as one of you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. Some of them add more than others to the hadith. [This is an abridged version.]