DarussalamḤasanAl-Albani(حديث أبو هريرة) صحيح، (حديث جابر) صحيح (حديث أبو هريرة) ، صحيح أبي داود (١١٨٧) ، (حديث جابر) ، ابن ماجة (١١٨٧)Al-Albani source references (1)
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455. Abū Hurairah narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered me to perform Al-Witr before sleeping." (Ḥasan)
'Eisā bin Abī 'Azzah said: "Ash-Sha'bi would perform Al-Witr during the first part of the night and then sleep."[1]
[He said:] There is something on this topic from Abū Dharr.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Gharīb Hadīth from this route.
Abū Thawr Al-Azadi's name is Hābib bin Abī Mulaikah.
There are those among the people of knowledge – among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them – who prefer that a man not sleep until he has performed Witr.
It has been related that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever among you fears that he will not awaken at the end of the night, then let him perform Witr at its beginning. And whoever among you expects to arise at the end of the night, then let him perform Witr at the end of the night. Indeed the recitation of the Qur'an at the end of the night is attended,[1] and it is more virtuous."
That was narrated to us by Hannād (who said): "Abū Mu'āwiyah narrated [that] to us, from Al-A'mash, from Abū Sufyān, from Jābir, from the Prophet ﷺ.
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[1] Both of whom are narrators for this Hadīth.
Commentary
He who has essential worldly or religious commitments at night, which are necessary to be discharged, and it is hard for him to get up in the last part of night, he should perform Witr prayer before going to sleep.
