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nasai-kubra:401Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray eight units of prayer at night, followed by three units of Witr prayer, and then he would pray two units of prayer before the Fajr prayer.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيُّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِي رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ»  


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bukhari:1140ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ḥanẓalah > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to offer thirteen rakʿat of the night prayer and that included the witr and two rakʿat (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.  

البخاري:١١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ  

nasai:1707Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eight rak'ahs at night and pray witr with three, and pray two rak'ahs before Fajr."  

النسائي:١٧٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيُّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلاَثٍ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ خَالَفَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:2714Abū Aḥmad > Abū Bakr / al-Nahshalī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray eight rak'ahs at night, and then he would perform the witr prayer with three rak'ahs. He would pray two more rak'ahs, so when he said the takbeer, it became nine, six, and three.  

أحمد:٢٧١٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي النَّهْشَلِيَّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلاثٍ وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ صَارَ إِلَى تِسْعٍ وَسِتٍّ وَثَلاثٍ  

ahmad:3004Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Yaḥyá b. al-Jazzāriʿan Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The translation of the given text into English is: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eight rak'ahs (units of prayer) at night, then he would add three rak'ahs for Witr prayer, and he would also pray two rak'ahs of Fajr prayer.  

أحمد:٣٠٠٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيُّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيُوتِرُ بِثَلاثٍ وَيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ