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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ وِتْرِ الْمَرْءِ إِذَا أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ

ibnhibban:2439al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿUmar b. Mūsá al-Ḥādī > Ḥammād b. Salamah And Ḥammād b. Zayd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Sunnah prayers of five units and would not sit down except in the last one of them."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْحَادِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا يَقْعُدُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1717Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them.  

النسائي:١٧١٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ وَلاَ يَجْلِسُ إِلاَّ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ  

ahmad:25702Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1717)   

أحمد:٢٥٧٠٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ  

hakim:1145Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū ʿUmar > Hammām > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from my father > ʿĀʾishah > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Tahiyyatul-Wudu (a prayer after performing ablution) consisting of five units (rak'ahs). He would not sit down except in the fifth unit, and he would only give the salaam (conclude the prayer) in the fifth unit.  

الحاكم:١١٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَ هَمَّامٌ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ» يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ إِلَّا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرطهما
nasai-kubra:1411Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1717)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤١١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ»  

nasai-kubra:434Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1717)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ»