Al-Awza'I said: Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'
Read More..Abu Mu'aid narrated from Az-Zuhri, who said: Ata' bin Yazid narrated to me that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say: 'Witr is a duty, so whoever wants to pray witr with five rak'ahs let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'
Read More..Sufyan narrated from Az-Zuhri, from 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub, who said: Whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with five (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with three rak'ahs, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one rak'ah, let him do so, and wants to do so gesturing, let him do so.'
Read More..Mansur reported from Al-Hakam, from Miqsam, that Umm Salamah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray witr with five and seven rak'ahs which he did not separate with any taslim nor talk.
Read More..Mansur reported from Al-Hakam, from Miqsam, from Ibn 'Abbas that Umm Salamah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray witr with seven or five (rak'ahs), not separating between them with the taslim.
Read More..Sufyan bin Al-Husain narrated from Al-Hakam that Miqsam said: Witr is seven and no less than five. I mentioned that to Ibrahim and he said: From whom did he quote that? I said: I do not know. Al-Hakam said: Then I performed Hajj and I met Miqsam and said to him: 'From whom (did you narrate that)?' He said: 'From the trustworthy one, from Aishah and from Maimunah.'
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