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nasai-kubra:10502ʿAlī b. Maymūn > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Sufyān > Zubayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb

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)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

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 فإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ «سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُطِيلُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ  


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nasai:1699ʿAlī b. Maymūn > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Sufyān > Zubayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb

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.  

النسائي:١٦٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلاَثِ رَكَعَاتٍ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الأُولَى بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } وَيَقْنُتُ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُطِيلُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ  

nasai:1700Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"In the first rak'ah of witr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to 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."  

النسائي:١٧٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ الْوَتْرِ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ }  

nasai:1701Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Khālid > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > ʿAzrah > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite: "Glorify the Name of Your Lord, the Most High;" in witr, in the second rak'ah he would recite: "Say: O you disbelievers!"; and in the third "Say: He is Allah, (the) One". And he only said the taslim at the end, and he would say- meaning after the taslim: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy)' three times."  

النسائي:١٧٠١أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوَتْرِ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ إِلاَّ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ وَيَقُولُ يَعْنِي بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثًا  

nasai:1702al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá > Abū Usāmah > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"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.'"  

النسائي:١٧٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِثَلاَثٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي الأُولَى بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } أَوْقَفَهُ زُهَيْرٌ  

nasai:1732ʿAmr b. Yazīd > Bahz b. Asad > Shuʿbah > Salamah And Zubayd > Dhar > Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father

"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."  

النسائي:١٧٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ وَزُبَيْدٍ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } وَكَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا سَلَّمَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثًا وَيَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالثَّالِثَةِ  

nasai:1736ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > Zubayd > Ibn Abzá from his father

"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 had finished praying, he said: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times."  

النسائي:١٧٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

nasai:1740Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿAzrah > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father

"Abu Dawud narrated to us from Shu'bah, from Qatadah, who said: I heard 'Azarah narrating from Sa'eed bin 'Abdur-Rahman Ibn 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 had finished praying, he said: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times."  

النسائي:١٧٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَزْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثًا  

nasai:1741Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá

"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."  

النسائي:١٧٤١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاَثًا وَيَمُدُّ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ  

nasai-kubra:1436ʿAlī b. Maymūn al-Raqqī > Makhlad b. Yazīd > Sufyān > Zubayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubay b. Kaʿb

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)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

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»  

bayhaqi:4864Biḥadīth Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Isfarāyīnī b. al-Saqqā Binaysābūr > Abū Sahl b. Ziyādah al-Qaṭṭān > Muḥammad b. Yūnus > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > Misʿar > Zubayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father > Ubī b. Kaʿb

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , used to perform three voluntary units of prayer without reciting the final salutation in them until he completed the first unit by saying "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), the second unit by saying "Qul ya ayyuha al-kafiroon" (Say, O disbelievers), and the third unit by saying "Huwa Allahu ahad" (He is Allah, the One). He would prolong the recitation before bowing down, and when he finished, he would say "Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus" (Glory be to the King, the Holy) twice, and in the third unit, he would raise his voice.  

البيهقي:٤٨٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا بِحَدِيثِ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ بْنُ السَّقَّا بِنَيْسَابُورَ أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادَةَ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي زُبَيْدٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا يُسَلِّمُ فِيهِنَّ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ الْأُولَى بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَالثَّانِيَةِ بِقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَالثَّالِثَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَقَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ  

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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)   

البيهقي:٤٨٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أنبأ يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ وَزُبَيْدٍ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَرْفَعُ بِالثَّالِثَةِ صَوْتَهُ  

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السيوطي:٢٢-١٦٠b

"كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِى الْوِتْرِ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى}، وَ {قُلْ يَاأَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}، وَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاثَ مَرَّات يَرْفَعُ بِالثَّالِثةِ صَوْتَهُ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [عم] زيادات عبد الله بن أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى وابن الجارود، [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره
suyuti:488-32bʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn
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السيوطي:٤٨٨-٣٢b

"عَنْ عِمرانَ بنِ حُصَين أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلاثٍ يَقْرأُ فِى الأُولَى بِسَبَّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى، وَفِى الثَّانِيةِ بِقُلْ يَأيُّهَا الكَافِرُون، وَفِى الثَّانية بِقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ".  

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