Ibn Abbas used to pray witr with three (units) with (the Surahs): "Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High" (Surah Al-A'la), "Say: O You disbelievers" (Surah Al-Kafirun), and "Say: He is Allah, (the) One" (Surah Al-Ikhlas). (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1703)  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ بِسَبَّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهَ أَحَدٌ  

Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1729)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِسَبَّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ الْمَلَكِ الْقُدُّوسِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ خَالَفَهُ حُصَيْنُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1731)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ» تَابَعَهُ عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1731)  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray witr with three rak'ahs. In the first he would recite: "Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High" in the second: "Say: O you disbelievers!", and in the third: "Say: He is Allah, (the) One". And he would say the Qunut before bowing, and when he finished he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating the words the last time. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1699)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَيَقْنُتُ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ «سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُطِيلُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ فِيهِ «ويقْنُتُ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ»  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Witr and recite: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High.’, [Al-A’la (87)] ‘Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas (112)] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1171)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform his night prayer by reciting "Subhan Rabbi l-A'la" and "Qul ya ayyuha l-Kafirun" and "Huwa Allah ahad." After completing the prayer, he would say "Subhan al-Malik al-Qudus" three times. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Shu'bah said: 'Zubayd and Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abza both narrated this hadith to me.'  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ شُعْبَةُ أَدْخَلَ بَيْنَ زُبَيْدٍ وَبَيْنَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى زِرًّا  

"Shu'bah narrated to us, from Salamah and Zubaid, from Dharr, from Ibn Abdur-Rahman bin Abza from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the taslim, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, raising his voice the third time." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1732)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثًا وَيَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالثَّالِثَةِ  

"The Prophet ﷺ would not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Al-Istisqa')." (One of the narrators) Shu'bah said: "I said to Thabit: 'Did you hear it from Anas?' He said: 'Subhan Allah!' I said: 'Did you hear it?' He said: 'Subhan Allah!' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1748)   

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِثَابِتٍ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ خَالَفَهُ وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the whiteness of his armpits was visible. Shu'bah said, "So I went to 'Ali bin Zaid and mentioned this to him, and he said, 'He only did that for seeking rain.' So I said to him, 'Did you hear it from Anas?' He said, 'Subhan Allah!' I said, 'Did you hear it from Anas?' He said, 'Subhan Allah!' Abu 'Abdullah (al-Bukhari) said: And this Hadith has been narrated from Qatadah from Anas."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَسَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قُلْتُ أَسَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ  

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet ﷺ did not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Istisqa’), when he raised his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1180)  

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

[Machine] I heard Umar ibn Al-Khattab saying that when the revelation would come down to the Prophet ﷺ, he would hear a sound like the buzzing of bees. We stayed there for an hour, then he faced the Qibla, raised his hands, and said, "O Allah, increase us and do not decrease us, honor us and do not humiliate us, give us preference and do not make others have preference over us, be pleased with us and do not be displeased with us." Then he said, "Indeed, ten verses have been revealed to me. Whoever establishes them will enter Paradise." Then he recited, "Indeed, successful are the believers who are humbly submissive in their prayers." Abu Abdurrahman said, "This is a rejected hadith. We do not know anyone who narrated it other than Yunus bin Sulaim, and we do not know Yunus bin Sulaim." And Allah knows best.  

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ يُسْمَعُ عِنْدَهُ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ فَمَكَثْنَا سَاعَةً فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ زِدْنَا وَلَا تَنْقُصْنَا وَأَكْرِمْنَا وَلَا تُهِنَّا وَلَا تُخْزِنَا وَآثِرْنَا وَلَا تُؤْثِرْ عَلَيْنَا وَأَرْضِنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ عَشْرُ آيَاتٍ مَنْ أَقَامَهُنَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَاهُ غَيْرَ يُونُسَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ وَيُونُسُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "As-Salat is two and two, with a Tashahhud for every two Rakʿah, with humility, imploring, having a sense of tranquility, pleading and showing helplessness and stretching out your hand" - he said: raising them - "to your Lord, with the insides of them facing your face, saying: 'O Lord! O Lord! And whoever does not do this, then it is like this or that." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 385)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى تَشَهَّدُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَتَضَرَّعُ وَتَخَشَّعُ وَتَمَسْكَنُ وَتُقْنِعُ يَدَيْكَ يَقُولُ تَرْفَعُهُمَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ مُسْتَقْبِلًا بِبُطُونِهِمَا وَجْهَكَ وَتَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَعْنِي خِدَاجٌ خَالَفَهُ شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Prayer is two by two, and you should bear witness in every two units of prayer. It is to be calm and composed, hold your hands together, and say, 'O Allah, O Allah.' Whoever does not do that, then it is incomplete." Abu Abdul Rahman said, "We do not know anyone who narrated this hadith except Al-Layth and Shu'bah, and they differ in their opinions on it."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَتَشَهَّدُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَتَبَأَّسُ وَتَمَسْكَنُ وَتُقْنِعُ يَدَيْكَ وَتَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ اللهُمَّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَهِي خِدَاجٌ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ غَيْرَ اللَّيْثِ وَشُعْبَةَ عَلَى اخْتِلَافِهِمَا فِيهِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me some words that I say during the witr. (The version of Ibn Jawwas has: I say them in the supplication of the witr.) They were: "O Allah, guide me among those Thou hast guided, grant me security among those Thou hast granted security, take me into Thy charge among those Thou hast taken into Thy charge, bless me in what Thou hast given, guard me from the evil of what Thou hast decreed, for Thou dost decree, and nothing is decreed for Thee. He whom Thou befriendest is not humbled. Blessed and Exalted art Thou, our Lord." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1425)  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ فِي الْوِتْرِ فِي الْقُنُوتِ «اللهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me these words in witr. He said: Say: Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayta wa 'afini fiman afayta wa tawallani fiman tawallayta wa barik li fima a'tayta, wa qini sharra ma qadayta, fa innaka taqdi wa la yuqda 'alayk, wa innahu la yadhilluman walayta, tabarakta Rabbana wa at'alayt. Wa salla Allahu ala al-Nabi Muhammad (O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, turn to me in friendship among those on whom You have turned in friendship, and bless me in what You have bestowed, and save me from the evil of what You have decreed. For verily You decree and none can influence You; and he is not humiliated whom You have befriended. Blessed are You, O Lord, and Exalted. And may Allah (SWT) send salah upon the Prophet Muhammad)'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1746)  

عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ قَالَ قُلْ «اللهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ وَصَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ»  

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ used to say at the end of his Witr ʿO Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, I seek refuge in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot praise You enough, You are as You have praised Yourself.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 751)  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ وِتْرِهِ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eleven rak'ahs at night between finishing Isha' prayer and Fajr, apart from the two rak'ahs of Fajr, and he would prostrate for as long as it takes one of you to recite fifty verses. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1749)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ بِاللَّيْلِ سِوَى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ وَيَسْجُدُ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً»  

"Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abdur-Rahman bin Abza, that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the taslim, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating his words the third time." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1741)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكِ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثًا مَدَّ الصَّوْتَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ  

Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1729)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثًا وَيَمُدُّهَا فِي الثَّالِثَةِ  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in witr: Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High;' and "Say: O you disbelievers!'; and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One." And after he had said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating the words the third time, then raising it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1753)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَمُدُّ صَوْتَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَيَرْفَعُ  

He asked Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said: "He used to pray thirteen rak'ahs: nine rak'ahs standing, one of which was witr, and two rak'ahs sitting. When he wanted to bow he would stand up, and bow and prostrate, and he did that after witr. Then when he heard the call for Subh, he stood up and prayed two brief rak'ahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1756)  

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تِسْعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَائِمًا وَيُوتِرُ فِيهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ جَالِسًا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ فَإِذَا سَمِعَ نِدَاءَ الصُّبْحِ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»  

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to never leave four units of prayer before Dhuhr and two units of prayer before Fajr." Abu Abdur-Rahman said: "No one has followed this hadith with its wording except for Masrooq, who opposed Muhammad bin Ja'far and the majority of the companions of Shu'bah."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «لَا يَدَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَمْ يُتَابِعْهُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَامَّةُ أَصْحَابِ شُعْبَةَ  

The Prophet ﷺ never omitted four rak'ahs before the noon prayer, and two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1253)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَدَعُ أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ»  

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains. (Using translation from Muslim 725a)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا»  

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr, two brief rak'ahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1765)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ» خَالَفَهُ مَالِكٌ  

When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan for Fajr prayer and the dawn became evident the Prophet ordered a two rakʿat light prayer (Sunna) before the Iqama of the compulsory (congregational) prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 618)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِأَذَانِ الصُّبْحِ وَبَدَا الصُّبْحُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَامَ الصَّلَاةُ»  

"When the Muaddhin fell silent after the Adhan for the beginning of Fajr, he would pray two brief rak'ahs, then he would lie down on his right side." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1762)  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِالْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ «قَامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَتَبَيَّنَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمِنِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to lie down on his right side after the two units of the dawn prayer, then he would sit up. Abu Abdur-Rahman (Umar ibn Yazid) narrated this.  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَضْطَجِعُ بَعْدَ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ» ثم يَجْلِسُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اسْمُ أَبِي كُدَيْنَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ  

Aishah, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with her, told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no man who habitually prays at night, then sleep overwhelms him, but Allah (SWT) will record for him the reward of his prayer, and his sleep is a charity given to him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1784)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنَ امْرِئٍ تَكُونُ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ بِلَيْلٍ فَغَلَبَهُ عَلَيْهَا نَوْمٌ إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُ أَجْرُ صَلَاتِهِ وَكَانَ نَوْمُهُ صَدَقَةً عَلَيْهِ»  

[Machine] It is said that the owl is harmless, but its father is not trustworthy or reliable. Abu Ja'far al-Razi narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir from Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Al-Aswad ibn Yazid from Aisha who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever misses a prayer at night and sleeps through it, then Allah will give charity on his behalf, and the reward of his prayer will be written for him."  

يُقَالُ لَهُ بُومَةَ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ وَأَبُوهُ لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ وَلَا مَأْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ صَلَاةٌ صَلَّاهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَنَامَ عَنْهَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ صَدَقَةً تَصَدَّقَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَكُتِبَ لَهُ أَجْرُ صَلَاتِهِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever goes to sleep intending to wake up and pray during the night, but his eyes overpower him until the morning, will have the intention written for him, and his sleep will be considered a charity from his Lord." Sufyan al-Thawri and Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah differed regarding this. Suwaid ibn Nasr informed us, saying, "Abdullah narrated to us from Sufyan al-Thawri from 'Abdah who said, 'I heard Suwaid ibn Ghafalah, and he informed us that Suwaid said, 'Abdullah narrated to us from Ibn 'Uyaynah from Ibn Abi Lubabah from Suwaid ibn Ghafalah from Abu Dharr and Abu al-Darda', who were both addressed directly."  

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَتَى فِرَاشَهُ وَهُوَ يَنْوِي أَنْ يَقُومَ يُصَلِّيَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ كُتِبَ لَهُ مَا نَوَى وَكَانَ نَوْمُهُ صَدَقَةً عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ» خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ 1464 أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُوَيْدَ بْنَ غَفَلَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَعَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ مَوْقُوفٌ  

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pray at night because he was prevented from doing so by sleep- meaning, sleep overwhelmed him- or by pain, he would pray twelve rak'ahs during the day. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1789)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا لَمْ يُصَلِّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَنَعَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ نَوْمٌ غَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ أَوْ وَجَعٌ صَلَّى مِنَ النَّهَارِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: He who misses him daily round of recital or part of it due to sleep and he recites it between the dawn and the noon prayers, will be reckoned as if he recited it at night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1313)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ حِزْبِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ فَقَرَأَهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ كُتِبَ لَهُ كَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ» وَقَفَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ  

“I heard ‘Umar bin Khattab say: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever sleeps and misses his daily portion of Qur’an, or any part of it, let him read it between the Fajr prayer and the Zuhr prayer, and it will be recorded as if he had read it during the night.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1343)   

عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ فَقَرَأَهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ كُتِبَ لَهُ كَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ» خَالَفَهُ مَعْمَرٌ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ  

(The same) was narrated from Ibn 'Awn, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3617)   

عَنْ عُمَرَ قَوْلَهُ  

"Whoever misses his nightly portion and recites it from the time when the sun passes its zenith until Zuhr prayer, then he did not miss it, or it is as if he caught up with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1792)  

مَنْ فَاتَهُ حِزْبُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَرَأَهُ حِينَ تَزُولُ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفُتْهُ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَهُ وَرَوَاهُ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُمَرَ مَوْقُوفًا  

"Whoever misses his Wird at night, let him recite it during prayer before Zuhr, and that will be equivalent to night prayers." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1793)  

«مَنْ فَاتَهُ وِرْدُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَقْرَأْ بِهِ فِي صَلَاةٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ فَإِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever persists in praying twelve rak'ahs each day and night will enter Paradise: Four before Zuhr and two after, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, two rak'ahs after Isha' and two rak'ahs before Fajr.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1794)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ ثَابَرَ عَلَى ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَلَعَلَّهُ أَرَادَ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَصَحَّفَهُ  

"I said to Ata: 'I heard that you pray twelve rak'ahs before Jumu'ah. What did you hear concerning that?' He said: 'I was told that Umm Habibah bin Abi Sufyan said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs during the day and night, apart from the prescribed prayers, Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1797)  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَكَعَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ سِوَى الْمَكْتُوبَةِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs a day, Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1798)   

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمٍ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ عَنْبَسَةَ  

"I came to At-Ta'if and entered upon Anbasah bin Abi Sufyan when he was dying. I saw that he was afraid so I said: 'You will be fine.' He said: 'My sister Umm Habibah told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs by day or by night, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1799)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بِالنَّهَارِ أَوْ بِاللَّيْلِ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» خَالَفَهُمْ أَبُو يُونُسَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ  

"Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs in a day and prays before Zuhr, Allah (SWT) will build for him a house in Paradise." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1800)  

«مَنْ صَلَّى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِي يَوْمٍ فَصَلَّى قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Twelve rak'ahs, whoever prays them Allah will build for him a house in Paradise: four rak'ahs before Zuhr and two rak'ahs after Zuhr, two rak'ahs before Asr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib and two rak'ahs before Subh prayer." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1801)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «ثِنْتَا عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مَنْ صَلَّاهُنَّ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ وَرَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَرَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ» خَالَفَهُ زُهَيْرٌ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ أَخِي أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعِ الْحَدِيثَ  

"Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs during the night and day other than the prescribed prayers, a house will be built for him in Paradise: four before Zuhr and two rak'ahs afterward, two before Asr, two after Maghrib and two before Fajr." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1803)  

«مَنْ صَلَّى فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً سِوَى الْمَكْتُوبَةِ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَثِنْتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَثِنْتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ»  

“Whoever performs twelve Rak’ah (of Sunnah) during the day and night, a house will be built for him in Paradise.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1141)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» خَالَفَهُ يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ فَوَقَفَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs during the night and day, other than the obligatory ones, a house will be built for him in Paradise." Abu Abdur-Rahman said: Husayn ibn Abdur-Rahman brought Huseyin Ibn Rafe and Anbasah Dhakwan together, but he did not raise the narration."  

«مَنْ صَلَّى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً سِوَى الْفَرِيضَةِ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَدْخَلَ حُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَيْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ وَبَيْنَ عَنْبَسَةَ ذَكْوَانَ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعِ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ and he did not mention Anbasa.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَنْبَسَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs, other than the obligatory prayers, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise." Abu Abdur-Rahman said, "This hadith was narrated by Suhail bin Abi Salih, and there is difference of opinion regarding it."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمٍ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً سِوَى الْفَرِيضَةِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ أَوْ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Whoever prays twelve voluntary Rak'ahs in a day, other than the obligatory prayers, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise." Abu Abdur-Rahman said, "This Hadith is incorrect according to me, and Muhammad bin Sulaiman is weak. Fulayh bin Sulaiman contradicts him and narrates it from Suhail, who narrates it from Abu Ishaq."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمٍ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً سِوَى الْفَرِيضَةِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عِنْدِي خَطَأٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ضَعِيفٌ وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُ فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ