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nasai-kubra:1406 – Asmaʿ > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] "Whoever wishes to perform the Witr prayer with seven (units), and whoever wishes to perform it with five (units), and whoever wishes to perform it with three (units), and whoever is unable should make an indication (with his hand)." Abu Abdur Rahman Al-Mawquf said, "The one stopped has the most correct opinion, and Allah knows best."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٠٦ – الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأنا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

«مَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ غُلِبَ أَوْمَأَ إِيمَاءً» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَوْقُوفُ أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

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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  

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السيوطي:١٢١٠٥a –

"الْوتْرُ وَاجِبٌ عَلى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بسَبعٍ، وَمَن شَاءَ بِخَمْسٍ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بثلاثٍ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ، فَمَن غُلِبَ فَلْيُوَمِئْ إِيمَاءً".  

[ط] الطيالسي والدارمي، [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أَبي أَيوب