The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day

كتاب قيام الليل وتطوع النهار

Chapter 35: How to pray witr with one (rak'ah)

It was narrated from 'Aishah that

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak'ahs at night, ending them with one rak'ah of witr, then he would lie down on his right side.

Chapter 37: Mentioning the different wordings in the reports from Ubayy bin Ka'b concerning witr

It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite: "Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High;" in witr, in the second rak'ah he would recite: "Say: O you disbelievers!"; and in the third "Say: He is Allah, (the) One". And he only said the taslim at the end, and he would say- meaning after the taslim: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy)' three times."

Chapter 39: Mentioning the discrepancies in the narration from Habib ibn Abi Thabit in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas concerning Witr

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray nine (rak'ahs) at night, then when he grew older and put on weight he prayed seven."

Chapter 40: Mentioning the different narrations from Az-Zuhri, for the hadith of Abu Ayyub concerning Witr

Abu Mu'aid narrated from Az-Zuhri, who said

"Ata' bin Yazid narrated to me that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say: 'Witr is a duty, so whoever wants to pray witr with five rak'ahs let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"

Sufyan narrated from Az-Zuhri, from 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub, who said

"Whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with five (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with three rak'ahs, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one rak'ah, let him do so, and wants to do so gesturing, let him do so.'"

Chapter 43: How to pray witr with nine rak'ahs

It was narrated from Aishah that

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray witr with nine and pray two rak'ahs sitting down.

Chapter 47: Another case of recitation in witr

It was narrated from Ibn Abdur-Rahman bin Abza from his father that

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'"

Chapter 49: Mentioning the differences reported from Malik Bin Mighwal about that

Shu'aib bin Harb reported from Malik, from Zubaid, from Ibn Abza, from his father, who said

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'"

Ahmad bin Sulaiman informed us, he said

"Yahya bin Adam narrated to us, he said: "Malik narrated to us from Zubaid, from Dharr, from Ibn Abza.'"

'Ata bin As-Sa'ib reported from Sa'eed bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abza from his father

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'"

Chapter 50: Mentioning the differences from Shu'bah from Qatadah about that

Ishawq bin Mansur informed us, he said

"Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abdur-Rahman bin Abza, thatThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the taslim, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating his words the third time."

Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna informed us, he said "Muhammad said

Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: I heard Qatadah narrating from Zurarah, from Abdur-Rahman bin Abza, thatThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.'

Chapter 52: Not raising the hands while supplicating during witr

It was narrated that Anas said

"The Prophet (ﷺ) would not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Al-Istisqa')." (One of the narrators) Shu'bah said: "I said to Thabit: 'Did you hear it from Anas?' He said: 'Subhan Allah!' I said: 'Did you hear it?' He said: 'Subhan Allah!'

Chapter 54: The Tasbih after finishing witr and the variance reported from Sufyan about that

It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abza that his father said

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High;' and "Say: O you disbelievers!'; and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One." And after he had said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating the words the third time, then raising it."

It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Abdur-Rahman bin Abza that

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in witr and he quoted the same hadith.

Chapter 22: How should one who is sitting pray?

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying while sitting cross-legged."

Chapter 25: Making the standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting between the two prostrations, equal in length when praying Qiyam al-Layl

It was narrated from Hudhaifah that

He prayed with the Messenger of Allah during Ramadan. He bowed and said: "Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim while bowing, for as long as he had stood. Then he sat down and said: "Rabbighfirli, Rabbighfirli (Lord forgive me, Lord forgive me)," for as long as he had stood. Then he prostrated and said: "Subhana Rabbiyal-'Ala for as long as he had stood And he prayed no more than four rak'ahs when Bilal came for Al-Ghadah.

Chapter 26: How to pray at night

It was narrated that Tawus said

"Ibn Umar said: "A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about prayer at night. He said: "Two by two, and if you fear that dawn will come, then one.'"

It was narrated that Abdullah bin Umar said that

A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about prayers at night. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "prayers at night are (offered) two by two, then if you fear that dawn will come, pray witr with one."

Chapter 27: The command to pray witr

It was narrated that Ali, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, said

"Witr is not essential like the obligatory prayers, but it is the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)."