Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1152

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا كَانَ فِي وَتْرٍ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ لَمْ يَنْهَضْ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ جَالِسًا ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ali ibn Hujr reported to us; he said: Hushaym informed us, from Khalid, from Abu Qilabah, from Malik ibn al-Huwayrith, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying. When he was in an odd-numbered rak‘ah, he did not rise until he had sat upright.