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The Time Of The Witr Prayer

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Darussalam · Volume 2

8. (The Book Of

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الحديث: 1437 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 66

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1437. 'Abdullāh bin Abī Qais said: "I asked 'Āishah regarding the Witr of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. She said: 'He sometimes prayed Witr in the beginning of the night, and he sometime prayed towards its end.' So I said: 'How did he used to recite? Did he recite silently or out loud?' She replied: 'He did both of these acts; sometimes he recited silently, and sometimes he recited out loud. And sometimes he performed Ghusl before going to sleep, and sometimes he performed Wudū then went to sleep.” (Sahīh) Abū Dāwūd said: Others besides Qutaibah (one of the narrators) said: “Meaning for sexual impurity.”

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1437 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ وِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَتْ: «رُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ، وَرُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ مِنْ آخِرِهِ»، قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَتُهُ؟ أَكَانَ يُسِرُّ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ، أَمْ يَجْهَرُ؟ قَالَتْ: «كُلَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ، رُبَّمَا أَسَرَّ، وَرُبَّمَا جَهَرَ، وَرُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ، وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ، فَنَامَ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَقَالَ غَيْرُ قُتَيْبَةَ: «تَعْنِي فِي الْجَنَابَةِ»

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