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1722. It was narrated from Zurârah bin Awfa: "When Sa'd bin Hishâm bin 'Âmir came to visit us, he told us that he came to Ibn 'Abbâs and asked him about the Witr of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. He said: 'Shall I not tell you of the
most knowledgeable person on Earth about the Witr of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ? I said: 'Who?' He said: 'Âishah.' So we went to her and greeted her with Salâm and entered and asked her. I said: 'Tell me about the Witr of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.' She said: 'We used to prepare for him his Siwâk and water for Wuḍû', then Allâh would wake him when He willed to wake him at night. He would clean his teeth and perform Wuḍû', then he would pray nine Rak'ahs, during which he would not sit until the eighth. Then he would praise Allâh and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and not say the Taslîm. Then he would pray the ninth, then sit and praise Allâh and remember Him and supplicate, then he would say a Taslîm that we could hear. Then he prayed two Rak'ahs sitting, and that were eleven Rak'ahs, O my son. When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ grew older and put on weight, he prayed Witr with seven, then he prayed two Rak'ahs sitting after saying the Taslîm, and that were nine, O my son. And when the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ offered a prayer, he liked to persist in offering it.'" (Sahîh)
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Commentary
1. We learn here that there is only one form of performing nine Witr units together: one should sit for the Tashahhud at the end of the eighth unit. Thereupon, one should rise for the ninth unit. After offering it, one should sit and then pronounce the final greeting.
2. In the previous narration, there is mention of calling down of blessings upon
the Prophet ﷺ in the Tashahhud of the eighth unit. So to say, blessings could be called down upon the Prophet ﷺ in the optional prayer even in mid-Tashahhud. More details have preceded.
