6. Book of Witr
٦۔ كِتَابُ الْوِتْرِ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "Whoever prays four rak'ahs before Zuhr and four after, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will forbid him from the Fire." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1814)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَأَرْبَعٍ بَعْدَهَا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ»
[Machine] Buraydah, one day I went out to walk in need, and suddenly I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking. I thought he had some need, so I avoided him and kept doing that until he saw me and gestured towards me. So I approached him and he took my hand, and we started walking together. Suddenly, we came across a man in front of us who was praying and he was increasing his bowing and prostration. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, "Do you think this person is showing off?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He then extended his hand and placed it between the man's hands three times, raising his hands and straightening them, and saying, "May guidance and sincerity be upon you, may guidance and sincerity be upon you, for indeed the one who seeks fame in this religion will be defeated."
بُرَيْدَةُ خَرَجْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَمْشِي فِي حَاجَةٍ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي فَظَنَنْتُهُ يُرِيدُ حَاجَةً فَجَعَلْتُ أَكُفُّ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى رَآنِي فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي جَمِيعًا فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا يُصَلِّي يُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تُرَى هَذَا يُرَائِي؟» فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ يَدَهُ وَطَبَّقَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ وَيُصَوِّبُهُمَا وَيَقُولُ «عَلَيْكُمْ هَدْيًا قَاصِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ هَدْيًا قَاصِدًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشَادَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ يَغْلِبُهُ»
[Machine] He ﷺ prayed with the Prophet ﷺ the Maghrib prayer, then he continued praying until he prayed the Isha prayer.
أَنَّهُ «صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Honor your homes with some of your prayers."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَكْرِمُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ بِبَعْضِ صَلَاتِكُمْ»