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ahmad:5549ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hārūn b. Ibrāhīm al-Ahwāzī > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said: The evening prayer is a part of the daytime prayer, so perform the evening prayer along with it. And the night prayer should be offered in odd numbers of units, and the witr prayer is a single unit at the end of the night."  

أحمد:٥٥٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ وِتْرُ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ فَأَوْتِرُوا صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ وَصَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوَتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  


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ahmad:6421ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hārūn b. Ibrāhīm al-Ahwāzī > Muḥammad > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The Maghrib prayer is the Witr prayer of the daytime, so perform the Witr prayer of the night. The Witr prayer of the night is to be performed in sets of two units, and the Witr prayer consists of a single unit at the end of the night."  

أحمد:٦٤٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ وِتْرُ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ فَأَوْتِرُوا صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ وَصَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوَتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  

ahmad:4878Yazīd > Hishām > Muḥammadʿan Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Witr is one rak'ah at the end of the night." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1689)   

أحمد:٤٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  

tabarani:10963ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Layth > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The night prayer should be performed in pairs of two, and the Witr prayer should be a single unit of prayer at the end of the night."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1387Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith b. Sulaym al-Hujaymī > al-Ashʿath Wahū Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik > Muḥammad Wahū Ibn Sīrīn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Maghrib prayer is the equivalent of the Daytime prayer, so perform the Night prayer."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الْهُجَيْمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ وِتْرُ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ فَأَوْتِرُوا صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ»