The Book on Al-Witr

أَبْوَابُ الْوِتْرِ

Chapter 1: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Al-Witr

Kharijab bin Hudhafah narrated

"Allah's Messenger came out to us and he said: 'Indeed Allah has assisted you with a Salat that is better for you than red camels: Al-Witr which Allah made for you between the Isha prayer till Al-Fajr has begun."

Chapter 3: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Sleep Before Al-Witr

Abu Hurairah narrated

"Allah's Messenger ordered me to perform Al-Witr before sleeping."

Chapter 7: What Has Been Related About Three (Rak'ah) For Al-Witr

Ali narrated

"Allah's Messenger would perform Al-Witr with three, reciting nine Surah from the Mufassal in them, reciting three Surah in each Rak'ah with Say: "Allah is One." At the end of them."Muhammad bin Sirin said:"They would perform Al-Witr with five, with three, and with one Rak'ah, and they considered all of that to be good."

Chapter 11: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Sleeps Past Al-Witr Or Forgets It

Zaid bin Aslam narrated from his father that

the Prophet said: "Whoever sleeps past his Al-Witr then let him pray it in the morning."

Chapter 13: What Has Been Related About 'There Are No Two Witr In One Night'

Umm Salamah narrated

"The Prophet would pray two Rak'ah after Al-Witr."

Chapter 14: What Has Been Related About Performing Al-Witr On The Mount

Sa'eed bin Yasar narrated

"I was with Ibn Umar on a journey and I fell behind him. He said: 'Where were you?' I said: 'I prayed Al-Witr.' He said: 'Is there not a good exampled for you in Allah's Messenger? I saw Allah's Messenger performing Al-Witr on his mount.'"

Chapter 2: What Has Been Related About Al-Witr Is Not Incumbent

Ali said

"Al-Witr is not incumbent like your obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah of Allah's Messenger who said: "Indeed Allah is Witr (One), and He loves Al-Witr, so perform Al-Witr O people of the Qur'an."

Chapter 6: What Has Been Related About Five (Rak'ah) For Al-Witr

Aishah narrated

"The night prayer of Allah's Messenger was thirteen Rak'ah, five of which were his Witr, not sitting in any of them except at the end of them. When the Mu'adh-dhin called the Adhan he would stand to perform two light (Rak'ah)."

Chapter 10: What Has Been Related About The Qunut In Al-Witr

Al-Hasan bin Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] said

"Allah's Messenger taught me some phrases to say during Al-Witr (Allahummahdini fiman hadait, wa a'fini fiman afait, wa tawallani fiman tawallait, wa barik Li fima atait, wa qini sharra ma qadait, fa Innaka taqdi wa la yuqda Alaik, wa innahu la yadhillu man walait, tabarakta Rabbana wa ta'alait.) 'O Allah guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, befriend me among those You have befriended, bless me in what You have granted, and save me from the evil that You decreed. Indeed You decree, and none can pass decree, and none can pass decree upon You, indeed he is not humiliated whom You have befriended, blessed are You our Lord and Exalted.'"

Chapter 12: What Has Been Related About Preceding The Morning With Al-Witr

Ibn Umar narrated that

the Prophet said: "Precede the morning with Al-Witr."

Chapter 15: What Has Been Related About The Duha Prayer

Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila narrated

"No one informed that they saw Allah's Messenger praying Ad-Duha except Umm Hani. She narrated that Allah's Messenger entered her house on the Day of the Conquest of Makkah. He performed Ghusl and performed eight voluntary Rak'ah such that she had not ever seen him pray any Salat lighter than them, but that he completed the bowing and prostrations."

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "Whoever continuously performs the two Rak'ah of Ad-Duha his sins will be forgiven, even if they be like the foam of the sea."

Chapter 17: What Has Been Related About Salatul-Hajah (The Prayer Of Need)

`Abdullah bin Abi Awfa narrated that

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever has a need from Allah, or from one of the sons of Adam, then let him perform Wudu', performing it well, then pray two Rak`ah, then praise Allah and say Salat upon the Prophet (ﷺ). Then let him say: (La ilaha illallah Al-Halimul-Karim. Subhan Allah Rabbil-`Arshil-`Azim. Al-Hamdulillahi Rabbil-`Alamin. As'aluka mujibati rahmatika wa `aza'im maghfiratika, wal-ghanimata min kulli birrin, was-salamata min kulli ithmin, la tada` li dhanban illa ghafartahu, wa la hamman illa farrajtahu, wa la Hajatan hiya laka ridan Illa Qadaitaha, ya arham ar-rahimin) 'None has the right to be worshiped but Allah. Al-Halim (the Forbearing) Al-Karim (the Generous). Glorious is Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I ask You for that which warrants Your mercy, and that which will determine Your forgiveness, and the spoils (fruits) of every righteous deed, and safety from every sin; do not leave a sin for me without forgiving it, nor a worry without relieving it. Or a need that pleases you without granting it. O Most-Merciful of those who have mercy.'"

Chapter 19: What Has Been Related About Salatul-Tasbih

Abu Rafi narrated that

Allah's Messenger said to Al-Abbas: "O uncle! Shall I not give to you, shall I not present to you, shall I not benefit you?" He said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "O uncle! Pray four Rak'ah, reciting in each Rak'ah Fatihatil-Kitab and a Surah. When you are finished your recitation then say: Allahu Akbar, wal-hamdulilah, wa Subhan-Allah, [Wa La Ilaha illallah] 'Allah is Greatest, and all praise is due to Allah, and Glorious is Allah, [and there is none worthy of worship except Allah].' fifteen times before you bow. Then bow and say it ten times, then raise your head and say it ten times. Then prostrate [the second time] and say it ten times. Then raise your head and say it ten times before standing. That is seventy-five in every Rak'ah, which is three-hundred in four Rak'ah. If your sins were like a heap of sand then Allah would forgive you." He said: "O Messenger if Allah! Who is able to say that every day?" He said: "If you can not say it every day then say it every Friday, and if you are not able to say it every Friday then say it every month." And he did not stop saying that until he said: "Then say it every year."

Chapter 21: What Has Been Related About The Virtues Of Sending Salat Upon The Prophet

Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated

"Indeed the supplication stops between the heavens and the earth. Nothing of it is raised up until you send Salat upon your Prophet."

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Chapter 2: What Has Been Related About Al-Witr Is Not Incumbent

Sufyan Ath-Thawri and others reported from Abu Ishaq, from Asim bin Damrah, that

Ali said: "Al-Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah which Allah's Messenger practiced."

Chapter 4: What Has Been Related About Al-Witr During The Beginning Of The Night And Its End

Masruq narrated that

he asked Aishah about the Witr of the Prophet. She said: "He would perform Witr during all of the night; (either) its beginning, its middle, or its end. So when he died, his Witr ended, during the approachof As-Sahar."

Chapter 8: What Has Been Related About One (Rak'ah) For Al-Witr

Anas bin Sirin narrated that

he asked Ibn Umar about the length of the two Rak'ah (before) Al-Fajr. He said: "The Prophet would pray two and two during the night, and he would perform Al-Witr with one Rak'ah. And he would pray two Rak'ah while he was hearing the Adhan [meaning that they were light]."

Chapter 9: What Has Been Related [About] What Is Recited During Al-Witr

Ibn Abbas narrated

"Allah's Messenger would recite during Al-Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High' and, 'Say: O you disbelievers!' and, 'Say: Allah is One,' in each Rak'ah."