[Machine] I said, "Shall I perform optional prayers three times before going out for prayer, out of fear that I might miss it?" He said, "It is not sufficient except with five or seven." So I informed Mujahid and Yahya bin Al-Jazza about what he said, and they asked me, "Who is the source of this information?" So I asked him, and he said, "Maymuna and Aisha transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ ."  

قُلْتُ أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي؟ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُ مُجَاهِدًا وَيَحْيَى بْنَ الجَزَّارِ بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَا لِي سَلْهُعَمَّنْ؟ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] I said to a person who was dividing the night into three parts and then performing Tahajjud prayer, fearing that I might miss it. He said, "There is no Tahajjud except in sets of five or seven." So I mentioned this to Yahya ibn Al-Jazzaar and Mujahid, and they asked me, "Who did you hear this from?" I replied, "From trustworthy people, narrated by Aisha and Maymunah from the Prophet ﷺ ."  

قُلْتُ لِمِقْسَمٍ أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي قَالَ لَا وَتْرَ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِيَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ وْمُجَاهِدٍ فَقَالَا لِي سَلْهُ عَمَّنْ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُفَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ومَيْمُونَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ