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2924. 'Abdullāh bin Abī Qais [a man from Al-Baṣrah] narrated: "I asked 'Āishah about the Witr of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, how would he perform Witr, was it during the first part of the night or the end of it? She said: 'All of that. Sometimes he would perform Witr during the first part of the night, and sometimes he would perform Witr during the end of it.' So I said: 'All praise is due to Allāh who made the matter accommodating.' I said: 'How was his recitation, was he quite with his recitation or loud?' She said: 'He would do all of that. Sometimes he would recite quietly and sometimes aloud.' I said: 'All praise is due to Allāh who made the matter
accommodating. He said: 'I said: 'How would he deal with sexual impurity? Would he perform Ghusl prior to sleeping or would he sleep prior to Ghusl?' She said: 'He would do all of that. Sometimes he would perform Ghusl then sleep, and sometimes he would perform Wudu' and then sleep.' I said: 'All praise is due to Allāh who made the matter accommodating.''"
(Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib from this route.
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The night prayer of the Prophet, which is called Witr prayer too, he performed it in all parts of the night, in the beginning, middle and in the end; and he ﷺ would normally sleep after the night prayer except during the month of Ramaḍan, he would then get up for the morning prayer. As for the last days of his life, he would perform the night prayer in the last part of the night.
