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hakim:1130 – my father > Muḥammad b. Ḥassān al-Azraq > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)   

الحاكم:١١٣٠ – فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُسْتَمْلِي حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمِنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

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nasai:1710 – ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Ḍubārah b. Abū al-Salīl > Dūwayd b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:١٧١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

nasai:1711 – al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:١٧١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

nasai:1713 – al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with five (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with three rak'ahs, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one rak'ah, let him do so, and wants to do so gesturing, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:١٧١٣ – قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

مَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْمَأَ إِيمَاءً  

ibnmajah:1190 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī > al-Firyābī > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

“Witr is Haqq.* Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).”  

ابن ماجة:١١٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

hakim:1128 – Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Ṭālib And Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

“Witr is Haqq.* Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1190)  

الحاكم:١١٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَقَدْ تَابَعَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ وَمَعْمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَبَكْرُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَلَى رَفْعِهِعلى شرطهما

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِفَرْضٍ

ibnhibban:2410 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb

“Witr is Haqq.* Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1190)   

ابن حبّان:٢٤١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3961 – Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bābaluttī > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Ayyūb

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)   

الطبراني:٣٩٦١ – أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَابَلُتِّيُّ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3962 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Mubārak > Quraysh b. Ḥayyān > Bakr b. Wāʾil > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] The Prophet said, "Witr (Odd) prayer is a duty, so whoever likes to pray with five units, let them do so, and whoever likes to pray with three units, let them do so, and whoever likes to pray with one unit, let them do so."  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ثنا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِخَمْسٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِثَلَاثٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ»  

tabarani:3965 – Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī > Baqiyyah > Ḍubārah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Sulayk > Dūwayd b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَاقِي وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنِي ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي السُّلَيْكِ حَدَّثَنِي دُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3966 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Shāfiʿī > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb Balagh Bih

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ بَلَغَ بِهِ قَالَ

«الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3967 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Yāsir > Qaṭan Ibrāhīm al-Naysābūrī > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥafṣah > Abū Ḥafṣah > Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)   

الطبراني:٣٩٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ ثنا قَطَنُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَمَنْ غُلِبَ فَلْيُومِئْ إِيمَاءً»  

nasai-kubra:1405 – al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

bayhaqi:4777 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾIsḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

“Witr is Haqq.* Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1190)   

البيهقي:٤٧٧٧ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْوِتْرَ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ