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nasai:1693Qutaybah > Khālid b. Ziyād > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Prayer at night is two by two, and witr is one rak'ah.'"  

النسائي:١٦٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوَتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ  


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ibnmajah:1174Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Anas b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray (voluntary prayers) at night two by two, and he would pray one Rak’ah of Witr.”  

ابن ماجة:١١٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ  

ibnmajah:1319Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“The night prayer is (to be offered) two by two.”  

ابن ماجة:١٣١٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى  

ahmad:4878Yazīd > Hishām > Muḥammadʿan Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Witr is one rak'ah at the end of the night." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1689)   

أحمد:٤٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ  

tabarani:10963ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Layth > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The night prayer should be performed in pairs of two, and the Witr prayer should be a single unit of prayer at the end of the night."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1402al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

A man who lived in the desert asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prayer at night. He made a sign with his two fingers-in this way in pairs. The witr consists of one rak'ah towards the end in night. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1421)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ عَنْ عَفَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ «مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوَتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ»