Abu Al-Darda said: My friend (i. e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices which I never leave: he instructed me to fast three days every month, and not to sleep but after observing the with, and to observe supererogatory prayer in the forenoon while traveling and while resident.
Read More..Narrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم asked Abu Bakr: When do you observe the witr? He replied: I observe the witr prayer in the early hours of the night. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم asked Umar: When do you observe the witr? He replied: At the end of the night. He then said to Abu Bakr: This has followed it with care; and he said to Umar: He has followed it with strength.
Read More..Masruq said: I asked Aishah: When would the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم observe the witr prayer ? She replied: Any time he observed the witr, sometimes in the early hours of the night, sometimes at midnight and sometimes towards the end of it. But he used to observe the witr just before the dawn when he died.
Read More..Ibn Umar reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Make haste to observe the witr prayer before morning.
Read More..Abdullah bin Abu Qais said: I asked Aishah about the witr observes by the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. She replied: Sometime he observed the witr prayer in the early hours of the night, sometimes he observed it at the end of it. I asked: How did he recite the Quran ? Did he recite the Quran quietly or loudly ? She replied: He did it in any way. Sometimes he recited quietly and sometimes loudly, sometimes he took bath and then slept and sometimes he performed ablution and then slept. Abu Dawud said: The narrators other than Qutaibah said: This refer to his bath due to sexual defilement.
Read More..Ibn Umar reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as suing: Make the last of your prayer at night a witr.
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