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.'
Read More..Hisham bin Urwah narrated from his father, from Aishah, that: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them.
Read More..Shu'bah narrated from Qatadah, from Zurarahbin Awfa, from Sa'd bin Hisham, that: Aishah said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) grew old and put on weight, he prayed seven rak'ahs and only sat in the last of them, and he prayed two rak'ahs while sitting after saying the taslim, and that was nine, O my son! And when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered any prayer he liked to persist in doing so.
Read More..Mu'adh bin Hisham said: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Sa'd bin Hisham, that Aishah said: 'When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed witr with nine rak'ahs, he did not sit until the eighth rak'ah. Then he would praise Allah (SWT) and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and he wouldn't say the taslim, then he prayed the ninth, then he sat and remembered Allah (SWT) and supplicated. Then he said a taslim that we could hear. Then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down. When he grew older and weaker, he prayed witr with seven rak'ahs and did not sit until the sixth. Then he got up and did not say the taslim, and prayed the seventh, then he said the taslim, then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down.'
Read More..It was narrated from Sa'd bin Hisham that Aishah said: We used to prepare siwak and water for wudu for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Allah (SWT) would wake him when He willed to wake him at night, then he would clean his teeth and make wudu, and pray nine rak'ahs, not sitting until the eighth, when he would praise Allah (SWT) and send blessings upon His Prophet and supplicate between them, but he did not say the taslim. Then he prayed the ninth and sat, and said something similar, praising Allah (SWT) and sending blessings upon His Prophet (ﷺ), then he said a taslim that we could hear, then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down.
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