3. The Chapters On Al-Witr

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452. Khārijah bin Ḥudhāfah narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ came out to us and he said: 'Indeed Allāh has assisted you with a Ṣalāt that is better for you than red camels: Al-Witr which Allāh made for you between the 'Ishā' prayer till Al-Fajr has begun.'" (Da'if) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, Buraidah, and Abū Baṣrah [Al-Ghifārī] the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Khārijah bin Ḥudhāfah is a Gharīb Ḥadīth, we do not know of it except from the narration of Yazīd bin Abī Ḥabīb. One of the Muḥad-dithīn (narrators of Aḥādīth) made a mistake regarding this Ḥadīth. He said: [From] 'Abdullāh bin Rāshīd Az-Zurqī and this is wrong. [And Abū Baṣrah Al-Ghifārī's name is Ḥumail bin Baṣrah, and some of them call him Jamīl bin Baṣrah that is not correct. Abū Baṣrah Al-Ghifārī is another man who reports from Abū Dharr, and he is a nephew of Abū Dharr.]

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٤٥٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ الزَّوْفِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُرَّةَ الزَّوْفِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌خَارِجَةَ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِصَلَاةٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ؛ الْوِتْرُ»، جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى أَنْ يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَبُرَيْدَةَ وَأَبِي بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثُ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ. وَقَدْ وَهِمَ بَعْضُ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، فَقَالَ: عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ: وَهُوَ وَهَمٌ. وَأَبُو بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ اسْمُهُ: حُمَيْلُ بْنُ بَصْرَةَ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: جَمِيلُ بْنُ بَصْرَةَ وَلَا يَصِحُّ. وَأَبُو بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي أَبِي ذَرٍّ.

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453. 'Ali said: "Al-Witr is not incumbent like your obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ who said: "Indeed Allāh is Witr (One), and He loves Al-Witr, so perform Al-Witr O people of the Qur'an." (Da'if) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Ibn Mas'ud, and Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Ali is a Ḥasan Hadīth.

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٤٥٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ ‌عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ ‌عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: _ «الْوِتْرُ» لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَصَلَاتِكُمُ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَلَكِنْ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ، فَأَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ. حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ.

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454. Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and others reported from Abū Ishāq, from 'Ašim bin Damrah, that 'Ali said: "Al-Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ practiced." That was narrated to us by Bundār (who said): "Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī narrated to us from Sufyān, [from Abū Ishāq.]" This is more correct than the narration of Abū Bakr bin 'Ayyāsh. (A narrator in Hadīth no. 453) Maṇṣūr bin Al-Mu'tamir reported a narration from Abū Ishāq which is similar to that of Abū Bakr bin 'Ayyāsh.

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٤٥٤ - وَرَوَى ‌سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ ‌وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ ‌أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ ‌عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ ‌عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: «الْوِتْرُ» لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَلَكِنْ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ. وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ. وَقَدْ رَوَى مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ.

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455. Abū Hurairah narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered me to perform Al-Witr before sleeping." (Ḥasan) 'Eisā bin Abī 'Azzah said: "Ash-Sha'bi would perform Al-Witr during the first part of the night and then sleep."[1] [He said:] There is something on this topic from Abū Dharr. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Gharīb Hadīth from this route. Abū Thawr Al-Azadi's name is Hābib bin Abī Mulaikah. There are those among the people of knowledge – among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them – who prefer that a man not sleep until he has performed Witr. It has been related that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever among you fears that he will not awaken at the end of the night, then let him perform Witr at its beginning. And whoever among you expects to arise at the end of the night, then let him perform Witr at the end of the night. Indeed the recitation of the Qur'an at the end of the night is attended,[1] and it is more virtuous." That was narrated to us by Hannād (who said): "Abū Mu'āwiyah narrated [that] to us, from Al-A'mash, from Abū Sufyān, from Jābir, from the Prophet ﷺ.

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٤٥٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ ‌إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ ‌عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَزَّةَ ، عَنِ ‌الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي ثَوْرٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: «أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُوتِرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ» قَالَ عِيسَى بْنُ أَبِي عَزَّةَ: وَكَانَ الشَّعْبِيُّ يُوتِرُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ. وَأَبُو ثَوْرٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ اسْمُهُ: حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ. وَقَدِ اخْتَارَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَنَامَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى يُوتِرَ. ٤٥٥ (م) - وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ خَشِيَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَسْتَيْقِظَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُوتِرْ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ،» وَمَنْ طَمِعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَقُومَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُوتِرْ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ، فَإِنَّ قِرَاءَةَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ مَحْضُورَةٌ، وَهِيَ أَفْضَلُ. حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ.

English translation

456. Masrūq narrated that he asked ‘Āishah about the Witr of the Prophet ﷺ. 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 approach of As-Sahar.”[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū ‘Eisā said: Abū Ḥaṣīn’s name is ‘Uthmān bin ‘Āṣim Al-Asadi. [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from ‘Alī, Jābir, Abū Mas’ūd Al-Anṣārī, and Abū Qatādah. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of ‘Āishah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. This is the view chosen by some of the people of knowledge, that Al-Witr is at the end of the night.

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٤٥٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو حَصِينٍ ، عَنْ ‌يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ ، عَنْ ‌مَسْرُوقٍ «أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ» ‌عَائِشَةَ عَنْ وِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ: أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ، فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ حِينَ مَاتَ فِي وَجْهِ السَّحَرِ أَبُو حَصِينٍ اسْمُهُ: عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَجَابِرٍ وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَأَبِي قَتَادَةَ. حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: الْوِتْرُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ.

English translation

457. Umm Salamah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ would perform Witr with thirteen [Rak'ah]. When he was older and became weak he performed Witr with seven." (Sahih) [He said:] There is a narration on this topic from 'Āishah, may Allāh be pleased with her. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Umm Salamah is a Hasan Hadīth. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would perform Al-Witr with thirteen with eleven, with nine, with seven, with five, with three, and with one. Regarding the meaning of what has been reported about the Prophet ﷺ praying Witr with thirteen, Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm said: "It only means that he would pray thirteen Rak'ah during the night including Al-Witr. So the night prayer was included in Al-Witr." He related a Hadīth about that from 'Āishah. He also argued using a report that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Perform Al-Witr O people of the Qur'ān." He said: He only meant the night prayer by that, as if to say that the night prayer is only to be performed by those who know the Qur'ān.

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٤٥٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ‌عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ ‌يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ ، عَنْ ‌أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوتِرُ» بِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ وَضَعُفَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ. حَدِيثُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْوِتْرُ بِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ، وَتِسْعٍ، وَسَبْعٍ، وَخَمْسٍ، وَثَلَاثٍ وَوَاحِدَةٍ. قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: مَعْنَى مَا رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مَعَ الْوِتْرِ، فَنُسِبَتْ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى الْوِتْرِ، وَرَوَى فِي ذَلِكَ حَدِيثًا عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، وَاحْتَجَّ بِمَا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: أَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا عَنَى بِهِ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّمَا قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْقُرْآنِ.

English translation

458. 'Aishah narrated: "The night prayer of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ 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 Adhān he would stand to perform two light (Rak'ah)." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There is a narration about this from Abū Ayyūb. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Aishah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. Some of the people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, held the view that Al-Witr was five [Rak'ah]. They said that one has to sit (for Tashah-hud) only in the last Rak'ah. [Abū 'Eisā said: I asked Abū Maṣ'ab Al-Madānī about this Hadīth, that the Prophet ﷺ would perform Al-Witr with nine and seven, so I said: "How would one perform Al-Witr with nine and seven?" He said: "He would pray two, then two, and says the Taslim, then makes it Witr with one."]

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٤٥٩ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ‌عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً»، يُوتِرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِخَمْسٍ، لَا يَجْلِسُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ، فَإِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ. حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدْ رَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمُ الْوِتْرَ بِخَمْسٍ، وَقَالُوا: لَا يَجْلِسُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ. وَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا مُصْعَبٍ الْمَدِينِيَّ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوتِرُ بِالتِّسْعِ وَالسَّبْعِ، قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ يُوتِرُ بِالتِّسْعِ وَالسَّبْعِ؟ قَالَ: يُصَلِّي مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيُسَلِّمُ، وَيُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ.

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459. 'Alī narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would perform Al-Witr with three, reciting nine Sūrah from the Muṣṣal in them, reciting three Sūrah in each Rak'ah with Say: "Allāh is One."[1] at the end of them." (Da'if) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain, 'Aīshah, Ibn 'Abbās, Abū Ayyūb, and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abza from Ubayy bin Ka'b. There is also a narration from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abzā from the Prophet ﷺ. This is how some of them narrated it; without them mentioning Ubayy in it. Some of them mentioned it from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abza from Ubayy bin Ka'b. Abū 'Eisā said: There are those [1] Al-Ikhlas 112. among the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others who held this view, that a man should pray three for Al-Witr. Sufyān said: "If one wishes to, he performs Al-Witr with five, if he wishes he performs Al-Witr with three, and if he wishes, he performs Al-Witr with one Rak'ah." Sufyān said: "What is recommended is that he perform Al-Witr with three Rak'ah." This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubārak and the people of Al-Kūfah.

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٤٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنِ ‌الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ ‌عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوتِرُ» بِثَلَاثٍ، يَقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ بِتِسْعِ سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ، يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِثَلَاثِ سُوَرٍ، آخِرُهُنَّ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، وَيُرْوَى أَيْضًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، هَكَذَا رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ: عَنْ أُبَيٍّ، وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أُبَيٍّ. وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا، وَرَأَوْا أَنْ يُوتِرَ الرَّجُلُ بِثَلَاثٍ. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِخَمْسٍ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِثَلَاثٍ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِرَكْعَةٍ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: وَالَّذِي أَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ أُوتِرَ بِثَلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ.

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460. Muḥammad bin Sīrīn said: "They would perform Al-Witr with five, with three, and with one Rak'ah, and they considered all of that to be good." (Da'if)

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٤٦٠ (م) - حَدَّثَنَا ‌سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌هِشَامٍ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ: «كَانُوا يُوتِرُونَ بِخَمْسٍ، وَبِثَلَاثٍ، وَبِرَكْعَةٍ، وَيَرَوْنَ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ حَسَنًا».

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461. Anas bin Sīrīn narrated that he asked Ibn 'Umar about the length of the two Rak'ah (before) Al-Fajr. He said: "The Prophet ﷺ 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 Adhān [meaning that they were light]." (Sahih) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Āishah, Jābir, Al-Faḍl bin 'Abbās, Abū Ayyūb, and Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Ibn 'Umar is a Hasan Ṣahih Ḥadīth. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and the Tābi'īn. They thought that a man should separate between two Rak'ah and a third, performing Al-Witr with one Rak'ah. This is the view of Mālik, Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad, and Iṣhāq.

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٤٦١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ: «سَأَلْتُ» ‌ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ: أُطِيلُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ؟ فَقَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَالْأَذَانُ فِي أُذُنِهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَجَابِرٍ وَالْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ. حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَالتَّابِعِينَ رَأَوْا أَنْ يَفْصِلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَالثَّالِثَةِ، يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ. وَبِهِ يَقُولُ مَالِكٌ، وَالشَّافِعِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ.

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462. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would recite during Al-Witr: 'Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High',[1] and, 'say: O you disbelievers![2] and, 'say: Allāh is One',[3] in each Rak'ah."[4] (Sahih) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, 'Āishah, 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abzā from Ubayy bin Ka'b, [and it has been reported from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abzā] from the Prophet ﷺ. Abū 'Eisā said: It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would recite Al-Mu'awwidhatain; and, 'say: Allāh is One', in the third Rak'ah. What is preferred by most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them is to recite: Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,[5] and; "Say: O you disbelievers!"[6] and; "Say: Allāh is One",[7] reciting one of these Sūrah in each Rak'ah.

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٤٦٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ» بِـ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى} وَ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ} فِي رَكْعَةٍ رَكْعَةٍ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ فِي الْوِتْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ {قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ}. وَالَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ بِـ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى} وَ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ} يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِسُورَةٍ.

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463. Abdul-'Azīz bin Jurāij said: "I asked 'Āishah about what (recitation) Allāh's Messenger would perform Al-Witr with. She said: 'In the first he would recite: Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,[1] in the second: Say: O you disbelievers![2] and in the third: Say: Allāh is One"[3] and, Al-Mu'awwidhatain.'" (Ḍa'if) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. [He said:] This Abū 'Abdul-'Azīz is the son of Ibn Jurāij the companion of 'Aṭā'. And Ibn Jurāij's name is 'Abdul-Mālik bin 'Abdul-'Azīz bin Jurāij. This Hadīth has been reported by Yahya bin Sa'eed Al-Anṣārī from 'Amrah, from 'Āishah, from the Prophet ﷺ.

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٤٦٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ، عَنْ ‌خُصَيْفٍ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: «سَأَلْنَا» ‌عَائِشَةَ: بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يُوتِرُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِـ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى} وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِـ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِـ {قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ} وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ هَذَا هُوَ وَالِدُ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ صَاحِبِ عَطَاءٍ. وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ اسْمُهُ: عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ. وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

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464. Al-Ḥasan bin 'Alī [may Allāh [1] Al-A'lā 87. [2] Al-Kāfirūn 109. [3] Al-Ikhlāṣ 112. be pleased with them] said: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught me some phrases to say during Al-Witr: (Allāhummahdīnī fīman hadait, wa ā'finī fīman 'āfait, wa tawallanī fīman tawallait, wa bārik Lī fīmā 'atait, wa qīnī sharra mā qadait, fa Innaka taqđī wa lā yuqđā 'Alaik, wa innahu lā yadhillu man walait, tabārakta Rabbanā wa ta'ālait.) 'O Allāh 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 upon You, indeed he is not humiliated whom You have befriended, blessed are You our Lord and Exalted.'" (Sahih) [He said:] There is a narration on this topic from 'Alī. Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan we do not know of it except from this route, in the narration of Abū Al-Ḥawrā' As-Sa'dī, and his name is Rabī'ah bin Shaibān. We do not know anything better than this about the Qunūt [in Witr] from the Prophet ﷺ. The people of knowledge differ over the Qunūt in Witr. Ibn Mas'ud held the view that the Qunūt was performed in Al-Witr throughout the year, and he preferred that the Qunūt be before the bowing (position). This is the saying of some of the people of knowledge. It is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ishāq, and the people of Al-Kūfah. It has been related that ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib would not say the Qunūt except in the latter half of Ramaḍān, and he would say the Qunūt after bowing. Some of the people of knowledge followed this; it is the view of Ash-Shāfi‘ī and Aḥmad.

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٤٦٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ ‌بُرَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي الْحَوْرَاءِ، قَالَ: قَالَ ‌الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ : «عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ فِي الْوِتْرِ» اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الْحَوْرَاءِ السَّعْدِيِّ وَاسْمُهُ: رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ. وَلَا نَعْرِفُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ شَيْئًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا. وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ: فَرَأَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْقُنُوتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ فِي السَّنَةِ كُلِّهَا، وَاخْتَارَ الْقُنُوتَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَإِسْحَاقُ، وَأَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَقْنُتُ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ الْآخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَكَانَ يَقْنُتُ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ.

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465. Abū Sa‘eed Al-Khudrī narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “Whoever sleeps past Al-Witr or forgets it, then let him pray it when he remembers it or when he awakens.” (Sahīh)

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٤٦٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ‌عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ نَامَ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ» أَوْ نَسِيَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ إِذَا ذَكَرَ وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ.

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466. Zaid bin Aslam narrated from his father that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever sleeps past his Al-Witr then let him pray it in the morning.” (Sahīh) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This is more correct than the narration before it.[Abū ‘Eisā said:] I heard Abū Dāwūd As-Sijzī – that is; Sulaimān bin Al-Ash'ath saying: "I asked Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal about 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Aslam. He said: "His brother, Abdullāh is tolerable."[1] [He said:] I heard Muḥammad mentioning that 'Alī bin 'Abdullāh said: 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Aslam was weak, and he said: "Abdullāh bin Zaid bin Aslam is trustworthy." [He said:] Some of the people of Al-Kūfah followed this Ḥadīth. They say that a man performs Al-Witr when he remembers, even if it was after the sun had risen. This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawri.

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٤٦٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ وِتْرِهِ» فَلْيُصَلِّ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ. وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الْأَوَّلِ. سَمِعْتُ أَبَا دَاوُدَ السِّجْزِيَّ يَعْنِي سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ الْأَشْعَثِ يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَخُوهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ. وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَذْكُرُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ: أَنَّهُ ضَعَّفَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، وَقَالَ: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ثِقَةٌ. وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالْكُوفَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَقَالُوا: يُوتِرُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا ذَكَرَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَعْدَ مَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ.

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467. Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Precede the morning with Al-Witr." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.

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٤٦٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عُبَيْدُ اللهِ ، عَنْ ‌نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «بَادِرُوا الصُّبْحَ بِالْوِتْرِ» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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468. Abū Sa‘eed Al-Khudrī narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “Perform Witr before the morning comes upon you.” (Sahih)

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٤٦٨ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ ‌يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَوْتِرُوا» قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا.

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469. Ibn ‘Umar narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: “When Fajr begins, then every Salāt of the night and Al-Witr have gone, so perform Al-Witr before Fajr begins.” (Sahih) Abū ‘Eisā said: Sulaimān bin Mūsā is alone with this wording. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There is no Witr after the Subh prayer.” This is the saying of more than one of the people of knowledge. It is the view of Ash-Shāfi‘ī, Ahmad, and Ishāq: They did not think that Al-Witr could be performed after the Subh prayer.

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٤٦٩ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ ‌سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى ، عَنْ ‌نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ كُلُّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَالْوِتْرُ»، فَأَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَدْ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَلَى هَذَا اللَّفْظِ. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا وِتْرَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ. وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ: لَا يَرَوْنَ الْوِتْرَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ.

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470. Qais bin Talq bin 'Ali narrated that his father said: I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying: "There are no two Witr in one night." (Sahih) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. The people of knowledge differ over the one who performs Witr during the beginning of the night and then he stands (in prayer) in its latter part. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them thought that the Witr is in incomplete and invalid. They said he is to connect a Rak'ah to it, praying whatever he wants, then he performs Witr at the end of his prayer, because there are no two Witr in a night. This was ascribed to by Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others said that when one performs Witr during the first part of the night, then sleeps, then he gets up in the latter part, he prays what he wants to. It does not nullify his Witr so he leaves his Witr as it is. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Mālik bin Anas, Ahmad, Ibn Al-Mubārak [Ash-Shāfīī and the people of Al-Kūfah]. This is more correct because more than one narration reports that the Prophet ﷺ did offered prayers after Al-Witr.

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٤٧٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُلَازِمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، عَنْ ‌قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ» وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الَّذِي يُوتِرُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ مِنْ آخِرِهِ. فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ نَقْضَ الْوِتْرِ، وَقَالُوا: يُضِيفُ إِلَيْهَا رَكْعَةً وَيُصَلِّي مَا بَدَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَهُوَ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِسْحَاقُ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ: إِذَا أَوْتَرَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يُصَلِّي مَا بَدَا لَهُ، وَلَا يَنْقُضُ وِتْرَهُ، وَيَدَعُ وِتْرَهُ عَلَى مَا كَانَ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، وَمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَأَحْمَدَ. وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ.

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471. Umm Salamah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ would pray two Rak'ah after Al-Witr." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] Similar to this had been reported by Abū Umāmah, 'Āishah, and more than one from the Prophet ﷺ.

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٤٧١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ ، عَنْ ‌مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْمَرَئِيِّ ، عَنِ ‌الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ ‌أُمِّهِ ، عَنْ ‌أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ» رَكْعَتَيْنِ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ نَحْوُ هَذَا عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

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472. Sa'eed bin Yasār 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 example for you in Allāh's Messenger? I saw Allāh's Messenger ﷺ performing Al-Witr on his mount.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Ibn 'Umar is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. Some of the people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, followed this. They held the view that a man could perform Al-Witr on his mount. This was the view of Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad and Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge said that a man is not to perform Al-Witr on his mount, when he wants to perform Al-Witr he dismounts and prays it on the ground. This is the saying of some of the people of Al-Kūfah.

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٤٧٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: «كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ ‌ابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَتَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَوْتَرْتُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ لَكَ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ؟ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوتِرُ» عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ. حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا، وَرَأَوْا أَنْ يُوتِرَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: لَا يُوتِرُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ نَزَلَ فَأَوْتَرَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ.

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473. Anas bin Mālik narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "Whoever prays twelve Rak'ah of Ad-Duhā, Allāh will build a castle made of gold for him in Paradise." (Da'if) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Umm Hānī', Abū Hurairah, Nu'aim bin Hammār, Abū Dharr, 'Āishah, Abū Umāmah, 'Utbah bin 'Abd As-Sulamī Ibn Abī Awfā, Abū Sa'eed, Zaid bin Arqam and Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Gharīb Hadīth, we do not know of it except from this route.

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٤٧٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌مُوسَى بْنُ فُلَانِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ ‌ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى الضُّحَى ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ قَصْرًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَنُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَمَّارٍ، وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَأَبِي أُمَامَةَ وَعُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ وَابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ. حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.

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474. 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Abī Laila narrated: "No one informed that they saw Allāh's Messenger ﷺ praying Ad-Duhā except Umm Hānī'. She narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ 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 Salāt lighter than them, but that he completed the bowing and prostrations." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. It is as if Aḥmad thought that the most correct thing about this topic was the Hadīth of Umm Hānī'. They differ over Nu'aim, some of them call him Nu'aim bin Khammār, while others Ibn Hammār; and he is called Ibn Habbār, and Ibn Hammām. Ibn Hammār is correct. Abū Nu'aim was confused in this, he said: "Ibn Khammār" then he left that and said: "Nu'aim from the Prophet ﷺ". [Abū 'Eisā said: And] 'Abd bin Humaid informed me of that from Abū Nu'aim.]

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٤٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ ‌عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: «مَا أَخْبَرَنِي» أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى إِلَّا ‌أُمَّ هَانِئٍ ، فَإِنَّهَا حَدَّثَتْ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهَا يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَسَبَّحَ ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ، مَا رَأَيْتُهُ صَلَّى صَلَاةً قَطُّ أَخَفَّ مِنْهَا، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُتِمُّ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَكَأَنَّ أَحْمَدَ رَأَى أَصَحَّ شَيْءٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ حَدِيثَ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ. وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي نُعَيْمٍ: فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: نُعَيْمُ بْنُ خَمَّارٍ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ: ابْنُ هَمَّارٍ، وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ هَبَّارٍ، وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ هَمَّامٍ، وَالصَّحِيحُ ابْنُ هَمَّارٍ. وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَهِمَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ: ابْنُ حِمَازٍ، وَأَخْطَأَ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَ فَقَالَ: نُعَيْمٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَخْبَرَنِي بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ.

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475. Jubair narrated from Abū Ad-Dardā', or Abū Dharr, that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ narrated that Allāh, Blessed and Most High said: "Son of Ādam: Perform four Rak'ah for Me in the beginning of the day; it will suffice you for the latter part of it." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is [Hasan] Gharīb.

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٤٧٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ السِّمْنَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ ‌بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ ، عَنْ ‌جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ‌وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «ابْنَ آدَمَ، ارْكَعْ لِي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ أَكْفِكَ آخِرَهُ» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ.

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476. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "Whoever continuously performs the two Rak'ah of Ad-Duhā his sins will be forgiven, even if they be like the foam of the sea." (Ḍa'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] Waki', An-Nadr bin Shumail and more than one of the A'immah reported this Hadīth from Nāhhās bin Qahm, and we do not know of it except from his narration.

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٤٧٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ ‌نَهَّاسِ بْنِ قَهْمٍ، عَنْ ‌شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى شُفْعَةِ» الضُّحَى غُفِرَ لَهُ ذُنُوبُهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ. وَقَدْ رَوَى وَكِيعٌ وَالنَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ نَهَّاسِ بْنِ قَهْمٍ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ.

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477. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ would pray Ad-Duhā until we would say: 'He will not leave it.' And he would leave it until we would say: 'He will not pray it.'" (Da'if) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharib.

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٤٧٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ ‌فُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ ‌عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَدَعُ،» وَيَدَعُهَا حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ.

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478. 'Abūdlāh bin As-Sā'ib narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would pray four (Rak'ah) after the Zawāl of the sun before Az-Zuhr. He ﷺ said: 'It is an hour in which the gates of the heavens are opened, and I love that a righteous deed should be raised up for me in it.'" (Saḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali and Abū Ayyūb. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of 'Abdullāh bin As-Sā'ib is a Ḥasan Gharīb Ḥadīth. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would pray four Rak'ah after the Zawāl, not saying the Taslim except in the last of them.

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٤٧٨ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَضَّاحِ، هُوَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْمُؤَدِّبُ عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، وَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ لِي فِيهَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ» وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ. حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ الزَّوَالِ لَا يُسَلِّمُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ.

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479. 'Abdullāh bin Abī Awfā narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "Whomever has a need from Allāh, or from one of the sons of Ādam, then let him perform Wudū', performing it well, then pray two Rak'ah, then praise Allāh and say Ṣalāt upon the Prophet ﷺ. Then let him say: (Lā ilāha illallāh Al-Ḥalīmul-Karīm. Subhān Allāh Rabbil-'Arshil-'Azīm. Al-Ḥamdulillāhi Rabbil-'Ālamīn.) Asa'luka müjibāti rahmatika wa 'azā'im maghfiratika, wal-ghanīmata min kulli birrin, was-ṣalāmata min kulli ithmin lā tada' li dhanban illā ghafartahu, wa lā hamman illā farrajtahu, wa lā Hājan hiya laka ridan Illā Qadaitahā, yā arḥam ar-rāḥimīn. (None has the right to be worshipped but Allāh. Al-Halīm (the Forbearing) Al-Karīm (the Generous). Glorious is Allāh, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. All praise is due to Allāh, 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.”) (Da'if) Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Gharīb, there is criticism regarding its chain; Fāid bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān is weak in Ḥadīth, and Fā'id is: Abū Al-Warqā'.

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٤٧٩ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ. (ح) وَحَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ ‌فَائِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِلَى اللهِ حَاجَةٌ أَوْ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلْيُحْسِنِ الْوُضُوءَ»، ثُمَّ لِيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ لِيُثْنِ عَلَى اللهِ، وَلْيُصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلْ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، أَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ، وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ، وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ، لَا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلَا هَمًّا إِلَّا فَرَّجْتَهُ، وَلَا حَاجَةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضًا إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهَا، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِ مَقَالٌ. فَائِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ، وَفَائِدٌ هُوَ أَبُو الْوَرْقَاءِ.

English translation

480. Jābir bin 'Abdullāh narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would teach us Al-Istikhārah for all of our affairs just as he would teach us a Sūrah of the Qur'an, saying: 'When one of you is worried about a matter, then let him perform two Rak'ah other than the obligatory (prayer), then let him say: (Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi'ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqadratika, wa as'aluka min faḍlikal-'azīm, fa innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wa lā a'lamu, wa anta 'allāmul-ghayūb'. Allāhumma in kunta ta'lamu anna hādhāl-amra khairun li fī dīnī wa ma'īshatī wa 'āqibati amrī, or said: Fī 'ājili 'amrī wa ājilihi fayassirhu li, thumma bārik li fīhi, wa in kunta ta'lamu anna hādhāl-amra sharrun li fī dīnī wa ma'īshatī wa 'āqibati amrī, or said: Fī 'ājili 'amrī wa ājilihi fāṣrifhu 'anni wāṣrifnī 'anhu wāqdur lil-khaira haithu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih.) "O Allāh! I consult Your knowledge, and seek ability from Your power, and I ask You, from Your magnificent bounty, for indeed You have power and I do not have power, and You know while I do not know, and You know the unseen. O Allāh! If you know that this matter is good for me in my religion or my livelihood, and for my life in the Hereafter – or he said: for my present and future – then make it easy for me, then bless me in it. If You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion and my livelihood and my life in the Hereafter – or he said: for my present and future – then divert it from me and divert me from it, enable me to find the good wherever it is, then make me pleased with it." He said: "And he mentions his need." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd and Abū Ayyūb. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥādīth of Jābir is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb Ḥādīth, we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Al-Mawālī, and he is a Shaikh from Al-Madīnah who is trustworthy. Sufyān narrates Aḥādīth from him, and more than one of the A'immah reported from 'Abdur-Raḥmān [and he is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zaid bin Abī Al-Mawālī].

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٤٨٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ» فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، يَقُولُ: إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعِيشَتِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ -: فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي، وَمَعِيشَتِي، وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ: فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ - فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي، وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ. قَالَ: وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ. حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ، وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ مَدِينِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ رَوَى عَنْهُ سُفْيَانُ حَدِيثًا، وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ.

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481. Anas bin Mālik narrated that Umm Sulaim came upon the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Teach me some words that I can say in my Ṣalāt." So he said: "Mention Allāh's Greatness (saying: Allāhu Akbar) ten times, mention Allāh's Glory (saying: Subḥān Allāh) ten times, and mention Allāh's praise (saying: Al-Ḥamdulillāh) ten times. Then ask as you like, (for which) He says: 'Yes. Yes.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās, 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, Al-Faḍl bin 'Abbās, and Abū Rāfi'. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Anas is a Ḥasan Gharīb Hadīth. Other Aḥādīth have been related from the Prophet ﷺ about Ṣalātut-Tasbīh, but there are not many things about it that are correct. Ibn Al-Mubārak and more than one of the people of knowledge have reported about Ṣalātut-Tasbīh and the virtues of it. Aḥmad bin 'Abdah Al-Āmuli narrated to us: Abū Wahb narrated to us: "I asked 'Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak about the Ṣalāt that has the Tasbīh in it. He said: 'One says the Takbīr then says: (Subḥānak Allāhumma wa biḥamdika wa tabārakasmuka wa ta'āla jadduka wa lā ilaha ghairuka) "Glorious You are O Allāh, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and there is none worthy of worship other than You." Then fifteen times he says: (Subḥān Allāh Wal-Ḥamdulillāh, Wa Lā Ilaha Ill-Allāh, Wa Allāhu Akbar) "Glorious is Allāh, and all praise is due to Allāh, and there is none worthy of worship except Allāh, and Allāh is Greatest." Then he says the Ta'wwudh and recites: In the Name of Allāh the Merciful, the Beneficent. And Fātiḥatil-Kitāb and a Sūrah. Then ten times he says: Subḥān Allāh wal-ḥamdulillāh, wa Lā Ilāha illallāh, wallāhu Akbar "Glorious is Allāh, and all praise is due to Allāh, and there is none worthy of worship except Allāh, and Allāh is Greatest." Then he bows, saying that ten times, then he raises his head [from bowing] and says it ten times. Then he prostrates, and says it ten times, then he raises his head and says it ten times. Then he prostrates the second time, and says it ten times. He prays four Rak'ah in this manner, so that will be seventy five Tasbīh in every Rak'ah. He starts every Rak'ah with fifteen Tasbīh, then he recites then says ten Tasbīh. If he prays during the night, then to me it is recommended to say the Taslīm for every two Rak'ah, and if he prays during the day, then if he wants to, he says the Taslīm, and if he does not want to, he does not say the Taslīm." Aḥmad bin 'Abdah said: Wahb bin Zam'ah narrated to us, he said: "Abdul-'Aziz informed me – and he is Ibn Abī Rizmah – he said: 'I said to 'Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak: If one becomes forgetful in it does he say the Tasbīh in the prostrations of As-Sahw ten times in each? He said: No. There are only three-hundred Tasbīh in it."

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٤٨١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ «أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ» غَدَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ فِي صَلَاتِي، فَقَالَ: كَبِّرِي اللهَ عَشْرًا، وَسَبِّحِي اللهَ عَشْرًا، وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ سَلِي مَا شِئْتِ، يَقُولُ: نَعَمْ. نَعَمْ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَالْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي رَافِعٍ. حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ حَدِيثٍ فِي صَلَاةِ التَّسْبِيحِ، وَلَا يَصِحُّ مِنْهُ كَبِيرُ شَيْءٍ. وَقَدْ رَأَى ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ (١) صَلَاةَ التَّسْبِيحِ، وَذَكَرُوا الْفَضْلَ فِيهِ. ٤٨١ (م) - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: «سَأَلْتُ» ‌عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الَّتِي يُسَبَّحُ فِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ: يُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، ثُمَّ يَتَعَوَّذُ وَيَقْرَأُ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَفَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةً، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ. ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ فَيَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ فَيَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَيَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا. يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ عَلَى هَذَا، فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ، يَبْدَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ تَسْبِيحَةً، ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يُسَبِّحُ عَشْرًا، فَإِنْ صَلَّى لَيْلًا فَأَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فِي كُلِّ رَّكْعَتَيْنِ، وَإِنْ صَلَّى نَهَارًا فَإِنْ شَاءَ سَلَّمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْ. قَالَ أَبُو وَهْبٍ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي ‌عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي رِزْمَةَ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَبْدَأُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ بِسُبْحَانَ رَبِيَ الْعَظِيمِ، وَفِي السُّجُودِ بِسُبْحَانَ رَبِيَ الْأَعْلَى: ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ يُسَبِّحُ التَّسْبِيحَاتِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ: وَحَدَّثَنَا ‌وَهْبُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ‌عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي رِزْمَةَ ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ ‌لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ : إِنْ سَهَا فِيهَا يُسَبِّحُ فِي سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ عَشْرًا عَشْرًا؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِنَّمَا هِيَ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةِ تَسْبِيحَةٍ.

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482. Abū Rāfi' narrated that Allāh's Messenger said to Al-'Abbās: "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 Allāh!" He said: "O uncle! Pray four Rak'ah, reciting in each Rak'ah Fāṭiḥatil-Kitāb and a Sūrah. When you are finished your recitation then say: Allāhu Akbar, wal-ḥamdulillāh, wa Subḥān-Allāh, [Wa Lā Ilāha illallāh] 'Allāh is Greatest, and all praise is due to Allāh, and Glorious is Allāh, [and there is none worthy of worship except Allāh].' fifteen times before you bow. Then bow and say it ten times, then raise your head and say it ten times. Then prostrate 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 Allāh would forgive you." He said: "O Messenger of Allāh! 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." (Hasan) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Gharīb as a narration of Abū Rāfī'.

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٤٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ الْعُكْلِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ: «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ:» يَا عَمِّ، أَلَا أَصِلُكَ، أَلَا أَحْبُوكَ، أَلَا أَنْفَعُكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: يَا عَمِّ، صَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ، فَإِذَا انْقَضَتِ الْقِرَاءَةُ فَقُلِ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ: خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَرْكَعَ، ثُمَّ ارْكَعْ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ اسْجُدْ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ اسْجُدْ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا، ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَقُلْهَا عَشْرًا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ. فَذِلْكَ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعُونَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ، وَهِيَ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ مِثْلَ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ غَفَرَهَا اللهُ لَكَ، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَقُولَهَا فِي يَوْمٍ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَقُولَهَا فِي يَوْمٍ فَقُلْهَا فِي جُمُعَةٍ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَقُولَهَا فِي جُمُعَةٍ فَقُلْهَا فِي شَهْرٍ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ لَهُ حَتَّى قَالَ: فَقُلْهَا فِي سَنَةٍ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ.

English translation

483. Ka'b bin Ujrah narrated: "We said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! We have learned about saying the Salām to you, but how about Aṣ-Ṣalāt upon you?' He said: 'Say: (Allāhumma salli 'alā Muḥammadin Wa 'Alā āli Muḥammadin kamā sallaita 'Alā Ibrāhīm, Innaka ḥamūdun Majīd. Wa bārik 'Alā Muḥammadin wa 'Alā āli Muḥammadin kamā bārakta 'Alā Ibrāhīm, Innaka Ḥamūdun Majīd.)'" O Allāh! Send Ṣalāt upon Muḥammad and upon Muḥammad's family just as You have sent Ṣalāt upon Ibrāhīm, indeed You are the Praised and Majestic. And send blessings upon Muḥammad and Muḥammad's family just as You have sent blessings upon Ibrāhīm, indeed You are the Praised and Majestic.' Maḥmūd said: "Abū Usāmah said: 'Zā'idah added something for me, from Al-A'mash, from Al-Ḥakam, from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Laila, that he said: "We would say: 'And upon us along with them.'" (Saḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations about this topic from 'Alī, Abū Ḥumaid, Abū Mas'ūd, Ṭalhah, Abū Sa'eed, Buraidah, Zaid bin Khārijah – and they also call him Ibn Jāriyah – and, Abū Hurairah. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ka'b bin Ujrah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā's Kunyah is Abū 'Eisā, and Abū Lailā's name is Yasār.

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٤٨٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ ‌مِسْعَرٍ ‌وَالْأَجْلَحِ ‌وَمَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ ، عَنِ ‌الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، عَنْ ‌كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ: «قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا، فَكَيْفَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ» عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ: قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ: وَزَادَنِي زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: وَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ: وَعَلَيْنَا مَعَهُمْ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ، وَطَلْحَةَ، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ، وَبُرَيْدَةَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ، وَيُقَالُ: ابْنُ جَارِيَةَ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ. حَدِيثُ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى كُنْيَتُهُ: أَبُو عِيسَى، وَأَبُو لَيْلَى اسْمُهُ: يَسَارٌ.

English translation

484. 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "The person closest to me on the Day of Judgement is the one who sent the most Ṣalāt upon me." (Ḥasan) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever sends Ṣalāt upon me, Allāh sends Ṣalāt upon him ten times, and writes ten good rewards for him.”

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٤٨٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ابْنُ عَثْمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُوسَى بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الزَّمْعِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ أَنَّ ‌عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ شَدَّادٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْرًا، وَكَتَبَ لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ.

English translation

485. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "Whoever sends Salāt upon me, Allāh sends Salāt upon him ten times." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Awf, 'Āmir bin Rabī'ah, 'Āmmar, Abū Talḥah, Anas, and Ubayy bin Ka'b. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. It has been reported from Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, and more than one of the people of knowledge, that the Lord's Salāt is mercy, and the angels' Salāt is asking for forgiveness.

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٤٨٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنِ ‌الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا» وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَعَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَعَمَّارٍ، وَأَبِي طَلْحَةَ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، قَالُوا: صَلَاةُ الرَّبِّ الرَّحْمَةُ، وَصَلَاةُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الِاسْتِغْفَارُ.

English translation

486. 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated: "Indeed the supplication stops between the heavens and the earth. Nothing of it is raised up until you send Ṣalāt upon your Prophet ﷺ." (Ḍa'if)

Arabic text

٤٨٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الْمَصَاحِفِيُّ الْبَلْخِيُّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي قُرَّةَ الْأَسَدِيِّ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ ‌عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ مَوْقُوفٌ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ»، لَا يَصْعَدُ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

English translation

487. 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb [may Allāh be pleased with him] said: "No one should sell in our markets except one who has understanding in the religion." (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharib ['Abbās is Ibn 'Abdul-'Azīm]. Abū 'Eisā said: Al-'Alā' bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān is Ibn Ya'qūb, and he is a freed slave of Al-Ḥurqah. Al-'Alā' is one of the Tābi'īn who heard from Anas bin Mālik and others. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Ya'qūb the father of Al-'Alā' is also one of the Tābi'īn, and he heard from Abū Hurairah, Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī, [and Ibn 'Umar]. Ya'qūb [Al-'Alā's grandfather] is one of the major Tābi'īn as well, and he saw 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb and reported from him.

Arabic text

٤٨٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ ‌مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ، عَنِ ‌الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ‌جَدِّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ ‌عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ : «لَا يَبِعْ فِي سُوقِنَا إِلَّا مَنْ قَدْ تَفَقَّهَ فِي الدِّينِ» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَالْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ ابْنُ يَعْقُوبَ هُوَ مَوْلَى الْحُرَقَةِ،. وَالْعَلَاءُ هُوَ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ، سَمِعَ مِنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَغَيْرِهِ. وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَالِدُ الْعَلَاءِ هُوَ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ. وَيَعْقُوبَ جَدُّ الْعَلَاءِ هُوَ مِنْ كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ، قَدْ (١) أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَرَوَى عَنْهُ.