[Machine] Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was asked, "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform his Witr prayer?" She replied, "He used to perform Witr with four rak'ahs, then three, then two, then one. He would not increase it more than thirteen rak'ahs, according to Ahmad's narration. He did not perform two rak'ahs before Fajr prayer." I asked, "What is Witr prayer?" She said, "He did not leave this practice, and Ahmad did not mention three and six. This could possibly mean that it refers to three rak'ahs that are not separated by sitting or saying taslim, which would be similar to the narration of Hisham ibn 'Urwah. Allah knows best. We have also narrated from Abdullah ibn Abbas from the Prophet ﷺ with the same meaning as Hisham ibn 'Urwah's narration about Witr prayer, consisting of five rak'ahs."  

لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ بِكُمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَثَلَاثٍ وَسِتٍّ وَثَلَاثٍ وَثَمَانٍ وَثَلَاثٍ وَعَشْرٍ وَثَلَاثٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُوتِرُ بِأَنْقَصَ مِنْ سَبْعٍ وَلَا بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ عَشْرَةَ زَادَ أَحْمَدُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ قُلْتُ مَا يُوتِرُ؟ قَالَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَدَعْ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَحْمَدُ وَسِتٍّ وَثَلَاثٍ وَهَذَا يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يُرِيدَ بِهِ ثَلَاثًا لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِجُلُوسٍ وَلَا تَسْلِيمٍ فَيَكُونُ فِي مَعْنَى رِوَايَةِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَى رِوَايَةِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ