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tabarani:14808Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jadalī > ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray the witr (an optional prayer) at the beginning of the night, in the middle of the night, and at the end of the night."  

الطبراني:١٤٨٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثَنَا هِشَامُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَدَلِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

«أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَوَسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ»  


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muslim:745bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Yaḥyá b. Wathhāb > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

Masruq reported on the authority of 'A'isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah ﷺ used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn.  

مسلم:٧٤٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ  

nasai:1681Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Yaḥyá b. And Thhāb > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed witr at the beginning (of the night) and at the end, and in the middle. And toward the end of his life, he settled on performing witr at the end of the night."  

النسائي:١٦٨١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَانْتَهَى وَتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ  

ahmad:653Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr at the beginning of the night and at the end and in the middle. And in the end he settled on praying Witr just before dawn.  

أحمد:٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَآخِرِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ  

ahmad:1152Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr at all times of the night, at the beginning, in the middle and at the end, but in the end his Witr was at the end of the night  

أحمد:١١٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ وَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى آخِرِهِ  

ahmad:17071Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Dastuwāʾī > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jadalī > Abū Masʿūd ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the Tahajjud prayer at the beginning of the night, in the middle of it, and at the end of it.  

أحمد:١٧٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَدَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَوْسَطَهُ وَآخِرَهُ  

ahmad:21877Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthannay > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Dastuwāʾī > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jadalī > Abū Masʿūd ʿUqbah b. ʿAmr al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the Witr prayer at the beginning, middle, and end of the night.  

أحمد:٢١٨٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّي حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَدَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَوْسَطَهُ وَآخِرَهُ  

ahmad:25694Wakīʿ And ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Yaḥyá b. Wathhāb > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

Masruq reported on the authority of 'A'isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah ﷺ used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn. (Using translation from Muslim 745b)  

أحمد:٢٥٦٩٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَوَسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَانْتَهَى وَتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ  

ahmad:24759ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

Masruq reported on the authority of 'A'isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah ﷺ used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn. (Using translation from Muslim 745b)  

أحمد:٢٤٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ