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ahmad:14323 – Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > Zāʾidah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "When do you perform the night prayer?" Abu Bakr replied, "At the beginning of the night after twilight." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then asked Umar, "And what about you, Umar?" He replied, "At the end of the night." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for you, Abu Bakr, you have taken hold of trust, and as for you, Umar, you have taken hold of strength."  

أحمد:١٤٣٢٣ – وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟ قَالَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ قَالَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالثِّقَةِ وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
abudawud:1434 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Khalaf > Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq al-Saylaḥīnī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥ > Abū Qatādah

The Prophet ﷺ asked AbuBakr: When do you observe the witr? He replied: I observe the witr prayer in the early hours of the night. The Prophet ﷺ asked Umar: When do you observe the witr? He replied: At the end of the night. He then said to AbuBakr: This has followed it with care; and he said to Umar: He has followed it with strength.  

أبو داود:١٤٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ مَتَى تُوتِرُ قَالَ أُوتِرُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ مَتَى تُوتِرُ قَالَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخَذَ هَذَا بِالْحَزْمِ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ أَخَذَ هَذَا بِالْقُوَّةِ  

ibnmajah:1202 – Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Tawbah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Zāʾidah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr: ‘When do you pray Witr?’ He said: ‘At the beginning of the night, after ‘Isha’.’ He said: ‘And you, O ‘Umar?’ He said: ‘At the end of the night.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘As for you, O Abu Bakr, you have seized the trustworthy handhold (i.e., you want to be on the safe side), and as for you, O ‘Umar, you have seized strength (i.e., you are confident that you have the resolve to get up and pray Witr).’” Another chain with similar meaning.  

ابن ماجة:١٢٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَىَّ حِينٍ تُوتِرُ قَالَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْوُثْقَى وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ تَوْبَةَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ  

ahmad:14535 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And Muʿāwyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "At what time do you perform the prayer of the Witr?" He said, "The first part of the night after the darkness." He then asked, "And what about you, O Umar?" He replied, "The last part of the night." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "As for you, O Abu Bakr, you have taken the softness, and as for you, O Umar, you have taken the strength."  

أحمد:١٤٥٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَيَّ حِينٍ تُوتِرُ؟ قَالَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ؟ قَالَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْوُثْقَى وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ  

hakim:1120 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Bishr b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq al-Saylaḥīnī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥ > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "When do you perform the Witr prayer?" He said, "I perform it before I sleep." And he said to Umar, "When do you perform the Witr prayer?" He said, "I sleep first and then perform it." The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "You have chosen certainty" or "the definite way." And he said to Umar, "You have chosen strength."  

الحاكم:١١٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أُوتِرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أَنَامُ ثُمَّ أُوتِرُ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «أَخَذْتَ بِالْجَزْمِ» أَوْ بِالْوَثِيقَةِ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ «أَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ على شرط مسلم
suyuti:165-282b – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqayl > Jābir > Qāl al-Nabi ﷺ Lʾabiá Bakr a Ḥīn Tūtir > Awwal al-Layl Baʿd al-ʿAtamah > Faʾnt Yā ʿUmar > Ākhir al-Layl > al-Nabi ﷺ Ammā Ant
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السيوطي:١٦٥-٢٨٢b –

" عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ لأَبِى بَكْرٍ: أَىَّ حِينٍ تُوتِرُ؟ قَالَ: أَوَّلَ اللَّيلِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ، قَالَ: فَأنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ؟ فَقَالَ: آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ : أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! فَإِنَّكَ أَخَذْتَ بِالْوُثْقَى (*)، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ! فَأَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ (* *) ".  

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