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muslim:753 – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Mijlaz > Saʾalt Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Witr

I asked Ibn 'Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.  

مسلم:٧٥٣ – وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  

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ahmad:2836 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Mijlaz > Saʾalt Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Watr

I asked Ibn 'Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: It is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 753)  

أحمد:٢٨٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْوَتْرِ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  

ahmad:3408 – Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah Wḥaddathanā ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAffān > Qatādah > Abū Mijlaz > Saʾalt Ibn ʿUmar > al-Watr

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "A prayer (rak'ah) in the last part of the night." I asked Abdullah ibn Abbas, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A prayer (rak'ah) in the last part of the night.'"  

أحمد:٣٤٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وحَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْوَتْرِ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ