English translation
1753. It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abza that his father said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to recite in Witr: 'Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,'[1] and: 'Say: O you disbelievers!,'[2] and: 'Say: He is Allāh, (the) One.'[3] And when he wanted to finish he would say: 'Subḥān-al-Malik-Quddūs (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy)' three times, raising his voice with it." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā'ī) said: Abū Nu'aim is more reliable in our view than Muḥammad bin 'Ubaid and Qāsim bin Yazīd. And the most reliable of the companions of Sufyān – in our view, and Allāh knows best – is Yaḥya bin Sa'eed Al-Qaṭṭān, then 'Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak, then Wakī' bin Al-Jarrāḥ, then 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī, then Abū Nu'aim, then Al-Aswad, for this Hadīth. Jarīr bin Hāzim reported it from Zubaid, so he said: "He elongated his voice the third time, and raised it."
