[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "Between every call to prayer, there is a prayer. Between every call to prayer, there is a prayer." Then, in the third call, he said, "Whoever wishes to do so." Ibn Buraydah used to pray two units of prayer before Maghrib. Abu Amr al-Adib narrated to us, who informed us Abu Bakr al-Ismaili, who informed us al-Qasim ibn Zakariya, who informed us Abu Kurayb, who informed us Ibn Mubarak and Abu Usamah, from Kahmas, who mentioned this hadith and said, "Between every call to prayer, there are three units of prayer." He said in the third call, "Whoever wishes to do so." Ibn Buraydah used to pray two units of prayer before Maghrib, just like in our narration.

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ 4494 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا أنبأ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أنبأ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ ثَلَاثَةً قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ وَكَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَذَا فِي رِوَايَتِنَا

I went to ʿUqba bin 'Amir Al-Juhani and said, "Is it not surprising that Abi Tamim offers two rakʿat before the Maghrib prayer?" ʿUqba said, "We used to do so in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ." I asked him, "What prevents you from offering it now?" He replied, "Business." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1184)

عُقْبَةُ أَمَا إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ الْآنُ؟ قَالَ الشُّغْلُ

[Machine] Umar used to perform (strike) the prayer after Asr (afternoon prayer). He said, "During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we used to pray two units (Rak'ahs) after the sun had set but before the Maghrib (evening) prayer. So I asked, 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform (pray) these two units?' He replied, 'He used to see us performing (praying) them but he did not command us or forbid us from doing so.'"

كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَضْرِبُ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ وَكُنَّا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّاهُمَا؟ قَالَ قَدْ كَانَ يَرَانَا نُصَلِّيهِمَا فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا

When we were in Medina, the moment the Mu'adhdhin made the call to the sunset prayer, the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and prayed two rak'ahs with the result that any stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had been observed owing to the number who were praying then. (Using translation from Muslim 837)

كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ ابْتَدَرُوا السَّوَارِيَ وَرَكَعُوا رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ الْغَرِيبَ لِيَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَيَحْسَبُ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ قَدْ صُلِّيَتْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّيهَا

[Machine] The immigrants did not perform two units of prayer before sunset prayer, while the Ansar used to perform them. Anas said that they used to perform them in this way. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said that it has been narrated from Abdur Rahman ibn Auf that he said, "We used to perform them," and he was from the immigrants, as if he meant someone else or the majority of them.

كَانَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَرْكَعُونَهَا قَالَ وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ يَرْكَعُهُمَا كَذَا قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نَرْكَعُهُمَا وَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ غَيْرَهُ أَوِ الْأَكْثَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ

[Machine] We used to observe them when we got up between the call to prayer and the establishment of the prayer from Maghrib. And in the narration of Al-Sukkari, when we got up, it means between the two calls to prayer and the establishment of the prayer from Maghrib.

كُنَّا نَرْكَعُهُمَا إِذَا قُمْنَا بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ السُّكَّرِيِّ إِذَا قُمْنَا يَعْنِي بَيْنَ الْأَذَانَيْنِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ

[Machine] The senior companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to hasten to pray two units before Maghrib. Sufyan wanted to say what Ibrahim said.

كَانَ كِبَارُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَبْتَدِرُونَ السَّوَارِيَ يُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ يُرِيدُ سُفْيَانُ بِقَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا

[Machine] We used to not leave the two units of prayer before Maghrib in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .

كُنَّا لَا نَدَعُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

[Machine] I saw the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rushing towards it just as they rush towards the written prayers, meaning the two rak'ahs before Maghrib.

رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَهُبُّونَ إِلَيْهَا كَمَا يَهُبُّونَ إِلَى الْمَكْتُوبَةِ يَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ

[Machine] I bear witness that five individuals, among those who pledged allegiance, were praying two units of prayer before Maghrib under the tree, including Mirdas or the son of Mirdas.

أَشْهَدُ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ نَفَرٍ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ مِنْهُمْ مِرْدَاسٌ أَوِ ابْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ

[Machine] Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, on whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed, prayed with Abu Bakr after sunset and before the prayer. Then he did not pray with Umar, but he prayed with Uthman. This was mentioned to him, so he said, "I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ , then I prayed with Abu Bakr and left Umar without praying with him, and I prayed with Uthman. He is gentle, and Umar does not see them, so Abu Ayyub did not pray with them, and he prayed with Uthman." And this is the meaning of what was narrated from Suwayd Ibn Ghafalah that he said, "We introduced it during the caliphate of Uthman, after they left it during the time of Umar. And Allah knows best."

أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ الَّذِي نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ ثُمَّ صَلَّى مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَفَرِقْتُ مِنْ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ أُصَلِّ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ؛ إِنَّهُ لَيِّنٌ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَا يَرَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُصَلِّهِمَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّاهُمَا مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَهَذَا مَعْنَى مَا رُوِيَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ابْتَدَعْنَاهَا فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ يَعْنِي بَعْدَمَا تَرَكُوهَا فِي عَهْدِ عُمَرَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] I have not seen anyone during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying them (the two rak'ah after 'Asr) and giving permission for them. Abu Dawud said, "I heard Yahya ibn Ma'in saying, 'He (Shu'ayb) is Shu'bah and they are in his name.' The Shaykh (Abu Dawud) said, 'The saying in a similar matter is the saying of the one who witnessed it, not the one who did not witness it. And with Allah is the tawfiq (success).'"

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا وَرَخَّصَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ هُوَ شُعَيْبٌ وَهِمَ شُعْبَةُ فِي اسْمِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الْقَوْلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا قَوْلُ مَنْ شَاهَدَ دُونَ مَنْ لَمْ يُشَاهِدْ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray two rak'ahs before and two after the noon prayer, two after the sunset prayer in his house, and two after the night prayer. He would not pray after the Friday prayer till he departed. He would then pray two rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1252)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَبَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ لَا يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ فَيَسْجُدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ

I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt Maimuna bint Al-Harith (the wife of the Prophet ﷺ ) while the Prophet ﷺ was there with her during her night turn. The Prophet ﷺ offered the ʿIsha' prayer (in the mosque), returned home and after having prayed four rakʿat, he slept. Later on he got up at night and then asked whether the boy (or he used a similar word) had slept? Then he got up for the prayer and I stood up by his left side but he made me stand to his right and offered five rakʿat followed by two more rakʿat. Then he slept and I heard him snoring and then (after a while) he left for the (Fajr) prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 117)

بِتُّ فِي بَيْتِ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَالَ نَامَ الْغُلَيْمُ؟ أَوْ كَلِمَةً تُشْبِهُهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ وَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَجَعَلَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَصَلَّى خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَامَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ غَطِيطَهُ أَوْ خَطِيطَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ

Shurayh ibn Hani said: I asked Aisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never offered the night prayer and thereafter came to me but he offered four or six rak'ahs of prayer. One night the rain fell, so we spread a piece of leather (for his prayer), and now I see as if there is a hole in it from which the water is flowing. I never saw him protecting his clothes from the earth (as he did on that occasion). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1303)

صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ قَطُّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَوْ سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلَقَدْ مُطِرْنَا مَرَّةً بِاللَّيْلِ فَطَرَحْنَا لَهُ نِطَعًا فَكَأَنَّنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى ثُقْبٍ فِيهِ يَنْبُعُ الْمَاءُ مِنْهُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُتَّقِيًا الْأَرْضَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ قَطُّ

[Machine] Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever prays four rak'ahs after the last 'Isha', reciting in the first two rak'ahs 'Say: O disbelievers' (Al-Kafirun) and 'Say: He is Allah, the One' (Al-Ikhlas), and reciting in the last two rak'ahs 'Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion, and He is able to do all things' (Al-Mulk) and 'Alif Lam Mim Tanzil' (As-Sajdah), he will receive the reward of four rak'ahs of Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Decree)." This was narrated by Ibn Farrukh al-Masri.

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ خَلْفَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ قَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَقَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمَلِكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَالم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ كُتِبَ لَهُ كَأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ ابْنُ فَرُّوخَ الْمِصْرِيُّ

"Whoever performs wudu and performs wudu, well, then prays ('Abdur-Rahman said: and prays Isha), then prays after that four Rakahs and does them well (Sawwar said: and understands what he is reciting (Sawwar said: and recites therein), they will be equivalent to (praying) Lailat Al-Qadr for him". (Hasan Maqtu) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4954)

مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَصَلَّى بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَأَتَمَّ رُكُوعَهُنَّ وَسُجُودَهُنَّ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَقْتَرِئُ فِيهِنَّ كَانَ لَهُ أَوْ قَالَ كُنَّ لَهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ

[Machine] He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Verily, Allah has granted you a prayer that is better for you than the red camels, and it is the Witr prayer. It is for you from the time of the 'Isha prayer until the dawn.' Bukhari said, 'The hearing of some of them from others is not known for its chain of narration.' Abu Sa'ad al-Malini reported that Abu Ahmad ibn 'Adi said, 'I heard Ibn Himsad mentioning it from al-Bukhari.'"

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِصَلَاةٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ وَهِيَ لَكُمْ مَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ الْوِتْرَ الْوِتْرَ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ لَا يُعْرَفُ لِإِسْنَادِهِ سَمَاعُ بَعْضِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ حِمْشَاذٍ يَذْكُرُهُ عَنِ الْبُخَارِيِّ

[Machine] He informed them that they asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Witr prayer, and he said Witr prayer is before dawn.

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ فَقَالَ الْوِتْرُ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ

[Machine] It was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Perform the Witr prayer before you become morning."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to pray the Witr prayer before dawn."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَادِرُوا الصُّبْحَ بِالْوِتْرِ

[Machine] Ibn 'Umar used to say: "Whoever prays at night should make his last prayer odd number of units, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that. When dawn breaks, the night prayer and the witr prayer are no longer valid, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Perform the witr prayer before dawn.' And in another narration: 'Perform the witr prayer with the dawn prayer.'"

أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَجْعَلْ آخِرَ صَلَاتِهِ وِتْرًا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْفَجْرُ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ وَالْوِتْرُ؛ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْفَحَّامِ قَالَ أَوْتِرُوا بِالْفَجْرِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you wakes up in the morning and has not performed the Witr prayer, then let him perform it."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلْيُوتِرْ

[Machine] 'Aasim al-Nabeel said about Ibn Jurayj, from Ziyad, that Abu Nuhaik informed him about Abu al-Darda', that he gave a sermon and said, "Whoever reaches the morning prayer, there is no witr for him." This was mentioned to 'Aisha, and she said, "Abu al-Darda' is lying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer witr prayer in the morning." It was asked to Abu 'Aasim, who mentioned this besides Ziyad? He said, Ibn Jurayj narrated to me and said, Ziyad informed me, referring to Ibn Saad.

عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيلَ يَقُولُ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ زِيَادٍ أَنَّ أَبَا نُهَيْكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءَ ؓ أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ الصُّبْحَ فَلَا وِتْرَ لَهُ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ كَذَبَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءَ كَانَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصْبِحُ فَيُوتِرُ قِيلَ لِأَبِي عَاصِمٍ مَنْ دُونَ زِيَادٍ؟ قَالَ ثنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ

[Machine] Perhaps I saw the Prophet ﷺ offer the Witr prayer while the people were standing for the Fajr prayer. Hatim ibn Salim al-Basri, also known as al-A'raj, performed it individually with him. And the hadith of Ibn Jurayj is considered more authentic than that, and Allah knows best.

رُبَّمَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ وَقَدْ قَامَ النَّاسَ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ حَاتِمُ بْنُ سَالِمِ الْبَصْرِيُّ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ الْأَعْرَجِيُّ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَصَحُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ woke up and performed the Witr prayer, and I found him in the great benefits.

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَصْبَحَ فَأَوْتَرَ كَذَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِي الْفَوَائِدِ الْكَبِيرِ

[Machine] Ibn Umar woke up and did not perform the evening prayer, or he almost missed it. He prayed the morning prayer, or he would pray it if Allah wills, and then he performed the night prayer. This is closer to the truth and Allah knows best.

أَصْبَحَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَلَمْ يُوتِرْ أَوْ كَادَ يُصْبِحُ أَوْ أَصْبَحَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ وَهَذَا أَشْبَهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have woken up and have not performed the Witr prayer." The Prophet replied, "Verily, Witr is performed during the night in three or four units, so stand and perform Witr."

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ وَلَمْ أَوْتِرْ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْوِتْرُ بِاللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعًا قُمْ فَأَوْتِرْ

[Machine] Ali went out to the market and I followed him. He went up the stairs and faced the dawn, saying, "And [by] the night when it passes, and [by] the morning when it breathes" [Quran 81:18]. He asked, "Where is the one asking about the Witr prayer?" Yes, this is the time for the Witr prayer, it is 4524. And with this narration, Ismail bin Abi Khalid reported on the authority of Abu Abdul Rahman al-Sulami who said, "Ali went out from this door and said, 'Yes, this is the time for the Witr prayer.'" Then the residence was at that place.

خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِلَى السُّوقِ وَأَنَا بَإِثْرِهِ فَقَامَ عَلَى الدَّرَجِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْفَجْرَ فَقَالَ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ} [التكوير 18] أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ؟ نِعْمَ سَاعَةُ الْوِتْرِ هَذِهِ 4524 وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ سَاعَةُ الْوِتْرِ ثُمَّ كَانَتِ الْإِقَامَةُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ

[Machine] And [by] the night when it passes and [by] the morning when it breathes. Where are those who ask about Al-Witr (The Odd) (compulsory prayer)? Yes, this is the time of Al-Witr (The Odd) prayer, this time.

{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ} [التكوير 18] أَيْنَ السَّائِلُونَ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ؟ نِعْمَ سَاعَةُ الْوِتْرِ هَذِهِ هَذِهِ

[Machine] He drowned in the dispute so he exaggerated in giving a fatwa for everything between you and the Fajr prayer. And "Witr" is when you perform it, it is good.

لَقَدْ أَغْرَقَ النَّزْعَ فَأَفْرَطَ فِي الْفَتْوَى كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وِتْرٌ مَتَى أَوْتَرْتَ فَحَسَنٌ

[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said, Witr prayer is the prayer that is performed between the last prayer of Isha and the prayer of Fajr."

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ الْوِتْرُ مَا بَيْنَ صَلَاتَيْنِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ

[Machine] I heard Abdullah ibn Mas'ood calling out with the call of Al-Witr, the prayer that is performed between the prayers of Al-Isha and Al-Fajr. Whenever you perform it, it is excellent.

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يُنَادِي بِهِ نِدَاءً الْوِتْرُ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ مَتَى مَا أَوْتَرْتَ فَحَسَنٌ

[Machine] "And they do not give permission until their words are completed, and they do not give permission until they think it is the statement of Al-Aswad or Abi Ishaq. And in it is a comparison, for it has been narrated that the first adhan in Al-Hijaz was before dawn, and Aisha used to pray before the sunrise or intended by it the second adhan. And on this, the narration of Ismail ibn Abi Khalid from Abu Ishaq comes, he said, Aisha used to alternate between yawning and standing up straight, and her opinion in that goes back to what we have narrated from Ali and Abdullah."

وَمَا يُؤَذِّنُونَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحُوا قَوْلُهُ وَمَا يُؤَذِّنُونَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحُوا أَظُنُّهُ مِنْ قَوْلِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَوْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَفِيهِ نَظَرٌ فَقَدْ رُوِّينَا أَنَّ الْآذَانَ الْأَوَّلَ بِالْحِجَازِ كَانَ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ تُصَلِّي قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ أَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ الْأَذَانَ الثَّانِي وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ تَدُلُّ رِوَايَةُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبَى إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ تُوتِرُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ التَّثْوِيبِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ فَيَرْجِعُ مَذْهَبُهَا فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَا رُوِّينَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ

[Machine] The servant, look at what the people have done while his vision had gone, and the servant went away. Then he returned and said, the people have already dispersed since morning. Abdullah ibn Abbas then stood up, performed the Witr prayer, and then prayed the morning prayer.

لِخَادِمِهِ انْظُرْ مَا صَنَعَ النَّاسُ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ فَذَهَبَ الْخَادِمُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ قَدِ انْصَرَفَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الصُّبْحِ فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ

[Machine] It does not matter to me if the prayer is established while I am performing the Witr prayer.

مَا أُبَالِي لَوْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَأَنَا أَوتِرُ

[Machine] To deliberately do that until he puts his instrument down after dawn.

أَنْ يَتَعَمَّدَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَضَعَ وِتْرَهُ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1431)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ وِتْرِهِ أَوْ نَسِيَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّهِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَوْ ذَكَرَهُ

[Machine] "Have you ever thought if you had left the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, would you still pray it?" He said, "I said, what then?" He said, "Then pray it."

أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ تَرَكْتَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ هَلْ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّيهَا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَهْ؟ قَالَ فَمَهْ

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he slept through the prayer until the sun rose, then he got up and prayed.

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَامَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى

Ibn 'Umar reported that Hafsa, the Mother of the Believers, informed him that when the Mu'adhdhin became silent after calling (people) to the dawn prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commenced the dawn (prayer) when it dawned by observing two short rak'ahs before the commencement of the (Fard) prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 723a)

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ مِنَ الْآذَانِ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَبَدَأَ الصُّبْحُ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَامَ الصَّلَاةُ

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that when the dawn illuminated, the Prophet ﷺ would pray two Rak’ah. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1143)

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ passed by a man who was praying and the Fajr prayer had already been established, so he spoke to him about something that we do not know what it is. After we departed, we asked him what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you? He said, he said, 'Soon one of you will begin praying Fajr as four rak'ahs.'"

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ يُصَلِّي وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَكَلَّمَهُ بِشَيْءٍ لَا نَدْرِي مَا هُوَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْنَا أَحَطْنَا بِهِ مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ قَالَ يُوشِكُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah saw a man praying two units of prayer and the prayer had already been established. So the Messenger of Allah asked, "Is Fajr (dawn prayer) four units?" Ya'qub As-Sahih said, "Yes, this is correct, and Ibrahim was mistaken in his statement about his father."

أَبْصَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحُ أَرْبَعًا الصُّبْحُ أَرْبَعًا؟ قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ الصَّحِيحُ هَذَا وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ أَخْطَأَ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque while the prayer was being established and a man was praying two units (rak'ahs) of voluntary prayer. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do you pray the morning prayer four units?'"

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَرَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ تُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered when the Fajr prayer was being performed, and he passed by Ibn Qashib while he was praying. He said to Ibn Qashib, "Do you pray Fajr four (rak'ahs)?" That is what Sufyan said.

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ حِينَ أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَمَرَّ بِابْنِ الْقَشِبِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ لِابْنِ الْقَشِبِ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟ كَذَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out for the morning prayer and Bilal was with him. He performed the prayer and passed by me, tapping my shoulder, and said, "You should pray the morning prayer four times."

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ فَمَرَّ بِي وَضَرَبَ مَنْكِبِيَّ وَقَالَ تُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا

[Machine] A man entered the mosque and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying the morning prayer, so he prayed two rak'ahs before reaching the row. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said to him, "O so-and-so, in which of your prayers did you intend by the one you prayed alone or the one you prayed with us?"

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ يَا فُلَانُ بِأِيِّ صَلَاتَيْكَ اعْتَدَدْتَ بِالَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ وَحْدَكَ أَوْ بِالَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا؟

[Machine] "I was praying and the muadhin (caller to prayer) made the adhan (call to prayer) for iqamah (standing for prayer), so the Prophet ﷺ attracted me and said, 'Do you pray four units of Sunnah (recommended) before Fajr (dawn) prayer?'"

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي وَأَخَذَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فِي الْإِقَامَةِ فَجَذَبَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "When the prayer is established, there is no prayer except the obligatory prayer." And he also said once: "When the prayer is established."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَا صَلَاةَ إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً إِذَا قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ