8. Witr (Night Prayer)

٨۔ كتاب الوتر

8.4 What Should Be Recited In Witr

٨۔٤ باب مَا يُقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ

abudawud:1423[Chain 1] ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Ḥafṣ al-Abbār [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Anas And Hadhā Lafẓuh > al-Aʿmash > Ṭalḥah Wazubayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb > Kān Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe witr with (reciting) "Glorify the name of thy Lord, the most High" (Surah 87), "Say O disbelievers" (Surah 109), and "Say, He is Allah, the One, Allah, the eternally besought of all" (112).  

أبو داود:١٤٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الأَبَّارُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ وَزُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا } وَاللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الصَّمَدُ  

abudawud:1424Aḥmad b. Abū Shuʿayb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Khuṣayf > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Jurayj

AbdulAziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aisha, mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, No. 1418) This version adds: In the third rak'ah he would recite: "Say, He is Allah, the One" (Surah 112), and "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak" (Surah 113), and "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind" (Surah 114).  

أبو داود:١٤٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خُصَيْفٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ يُوتِرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ قَالَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ