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hakim:1129 – ʿAbd al-Karīm b. al-Haytham > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá b. al-Ṭabbāʿ > Yazīd b. Yūsuf al-Ḥimyarī > Muḥammad b. al-Walīd al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Odd numbers for prayers of Witr are either five, three, or one."

الحاكم:١١٢٩ – فَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو سَهْلٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ النَّحْوِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الطَّبَّاعِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ خَمْسٌ أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ أَوْ وَاحِدَةٌ»

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ahmad:12664 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death."

أحمد:١٢٦٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ

ahmad:24009-21 – Abū al-Naḍr > Ayyūb b. ʿUtbah > Qays b. Ṭalq from his father

his father said: I heard Messenger of Allah saying: "There are no two Witr in one night." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 470)

أحمد:٢٤٠٠٩-٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ طَلْقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ

tabarani:8247 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ayyūb b. ʿUtbah > Zaʿam Qays b. Ṭalq from his father

Qays ibn Talq said: Talq ibn Ali visited us on a certain day during Ramadan. He remained with us till evening and broke fast with us. He then stood up and led us in the witr prayer. He then went to his mosque and led them in prayer. When the witr remained, he put forward another man and said: Lead your companions in the witr prayer, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There are no two witrs during one night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1439)

الطبراني:٨٢٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ قَالَ زَعَمَ قَيْسُ بْنُ طَلْقٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ»

tabarani:11471 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Sallām al-Ṭawīl > al-Faḍl b. ʿAṭiyyah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Trial befalls the best among my Ummah."

الطبراني:١١٤٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا سَلَّامُ الطَّوِيلُ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحِدَّةُ تَعْتَرِي خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي»