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bayhaqi:4824Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Ḥamdawayh b. Sahl al-Marwazī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥammād al-Āmulī > Yazīd b. ʿAbd Rabbih > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > ʿUtbah b. Abū Ḥakīm > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray two units of prayer after Witr while sitting. In the first unit, he would recite Umm Al-Quran (Surah Al-Fatiha) and when he bowed, he would say "O Disbelievers." Abu Ghaleb and Utbah Ibn Abi Hakim reported this and it was narrated by Umara Bin Zadhan from Thabit from Anas regarding Witr - nine units then seven units. He would also pray two units while sitting, however, he would recite Al-Rahman and Al-Waqi'ah. Anas said, "And we would recite the short Surahs when they were revealed and 'O Disbelievers' and others like it."  

البيهقي:٤٨٢٤وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً ثنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمْدَوَيْهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْآمُلِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ أَبُو غَالِبٍ وَعُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ غَيْرُ قَوِيَّيْنِ وَرَوَاهُ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِتِسْعٍ ثُمَّ بِسَبْعٍ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَقَرَأَ فِيهِنَّ بِالرَّحْمَنِ وَالْوَاقِعَةِ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ بِالسُّوَرِ الْقِصَارِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَنَحْوِهِمَا  


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bayhaqi:4826Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Fī al-Tārīkh > Abū al-Ṭayyib Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Karābīsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Shādhān b. ʿAlī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Bazīʿ Jārunā > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > ʿUmārah b. Zādhān > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform nine units of voluntary prayer at night. When he grew older and became heavy, he reduced it to seven units. He would also perform two units of prayer while sitting, and in those two units, he would recite Surah Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) and Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable). Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "We used to recite the shorter Surahs when there was an earthquake, and we would recite Surah Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers) and similar Surahs." Ammar ibn Zaid differed in reciting the Surahs that the Prophet ﷺ would recite in those two units, according to the other narrators.  

البيهقي:٤٨٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ فِي التَّارِيخِ أنبأ أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْكَرَابِيسِيِّ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَزِيعٍ جَارُنَا ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ زَاذَانَ ثنا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَثَقُلَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا الرَّحْمَنَ وَالْوَاقِعَةَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ بِالسُّوَرِ الْقِصَارِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَنَحْوِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً يَقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ خَالَفَ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ فِي قِرَاءَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيهِمَا سَائِرَ الرُّوَاةِ