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nasai:1713al-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:١٧١٣قَالَ 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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nasai:1710ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Ḍubārah b. Abū al-Salīl > Dūwayd b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:١٧١٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

nasai:1711al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:١٧١١أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

hakim:1130my father > Muḥammad b. Ḥassān al-Azraq > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)   

الحاكم:١١٣٠فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُسْتَمْلِي حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمِنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3961Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bābaluttī > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Ayyūb

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)   

الطبراني:٣٩٦١أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَابَلُتِّيُّ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3965Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī > Baqiyyah > Ḍubārah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Sulayk > Dūwayd b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَاقِي وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنِي ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي السُّلَيْكِ حَدَّثَنِي دُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3966Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Shāfiʿī > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb Balagh Bih

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ بَلَغَ بِهِ قَالَ

«الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

tabarani:3967al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Yāsir > Qaṭan Ibrāhīm al-Naysābūrī > Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥafṣah > Abū Ḥafṣah > Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)   

الطبراني:٣٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ ثنا قَطَنُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَمَنْ غُلِبَ فَلْيُومِئْ إِيمَاءً»  

nasai-kubra:1405al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1711)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»  

nasai-kubra:1406Asmaʿ > 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:١٤٠٦الْحَارِثُ 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  

nasai-kubra:442ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Ḍubārah b. Abū al-Sulayk > Dūwayd > Ibn Nāfiʿ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd > Abū Ayyūb

" Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: 'Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1710)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٢أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ أَبِي السُّلَيكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دُوَيْدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ» وَقَفَهُ أَبُو مُعَيْدٍ  

bayhaqi:4777Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾIsḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

“Witr is Haqq.* Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1190)   

البيهقي:٤٧٧٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْوِتْرَ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ  

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"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