Nafi' reported Ibn 'Umar as saying: He who observed the night prayer should make Witr the end of his prayer before dawn. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to order them thus.
Read More..Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the prayer.
Read More..Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.
Read More..Abu Mijlaz reported: I asked Ibn 'Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.
Read More..Ibn 'Umar reported: A person called (the attention) of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as he was in the mosque, and said: Messenger of Allah, how should I make the rak'ahs of the night prayer an odd number? Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said: He who prays (night prayer) he should observe it in pairs, but if he apprehends the rise of morning, he should observe one rak'ah; that would make the number odd (for the rak'ahs) observed by him. This was narrated by Abu Kuraib 'Ubaidullah b. 'Abdullah and Ibn 'Umar did not make mention of it.
Read More..Anas b. Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar to tell me about the practice of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in regard to two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer: Should I make lengthy recitation in them? He said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to observe, the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah. I said: I am not asking you about it. He said: You are a bulky man, will you not show me the patience to narrate to you the hadith completely? The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to observe the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah, and then he observed two rak'ahs before dawn quite close to the call for prayer (Khalaf said: Did you see [yourself the Prophet observing] the two rak'ahs before the dawn? and he made no mention of prayer.)
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