Prostration After Finishing The Prayer
Darussalam · Volume 2
13. [The Book Of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1328 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 65
Source no. 1328 · Volume 3 · Page 472
Sahih
صحيح صلاة التراويح (١٠٦)
Source no. 1260 · Volume 1 · Page 286
Sahih
(صحيح) - صلاة التراويح ١٠٦: م.
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1329. It was narrated from 'Urwah (that) 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to pray eleven Rak'ahs, making it odd (Witr) by one between the time when he finished 'Ishâ' and dawn, and he would prostrate for as long as it takes one of you to recite fifty verses before raising his head." (Sahih) Some of them (the narrators) were more detailed than others in the report. (This is an) abridged form.
1328 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَيُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، وَيُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ، وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَةً قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ»، «وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْحَدِيثِ، مُخْتَصَرٌ»
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It is permissible to perform only one Rak'ah of Witr prayer, rather in the case of the Tahajud and the Tarâwih, it is more appropriate and superior. If one wishes to offer three units of Witr, then one should pray two units separately and offer one unit later. The study of Traditions leads one to this conclusion. The Hanafites do not acknowledge the performance of one Rak'ah in any state. But in the face of the abundantly explicit Ahâdith, their view seems unsupported.