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الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُشَّانَةَ

tabarani:14967Aḥmad b. Ḥammād b. Zughbah > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Lahīʿah > al-Ḥārith b. Yazīd > Abū al-Muṣʿab > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked Abu Bakr, "When do you perform the Witr prayer?" He replied, "I pray two by two units of prayer, and then I perform the Witr prayer before I sleep." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "A cautious believer." The Prophet ﷺ asked Umar bin Khattab, "How do you perform the Witr prayer?" He replied, "I pray two by two units of prayer, and then I sleep until I perform the Witr prayer at the end of the night." The Prophet ﷺ said, "A strong believer."  

الطبراني:١٤٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زُغْبَةَ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُصْعَبِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أُصَلِّي مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ثُمَّ أُوتِرُ قَبْلَ أنْ أَنَامَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مُؤْمِنٌ حَذِرٌ» وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ «كَيْفَ تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أُصَلِّي مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ثُمَّ أَنَامُ حَتَّى أُوتِرَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مُؤْمِنٌ قَوِيٌّ»