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tabarani:9409Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Asadī > al-Aswad b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "The period between the two prayers is considered to be a voluntary prayer, and specifically the period between the Isha (Night) prayer and the Fajr (Dawn) prayer."  

الطبراني:٩٤٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«مَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ وِتْرٌ مَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ»  


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tabarani:9408ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sharīk > Ashʿath b. Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ And ʾAbī Ḥuṣayn Waʿayyāsh al-ʿĀmirī > al-Aswad b. Hilāl

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Al-Witr is the prayer that is performed between Isha prayer and Fajr prayer."  

الطبراني:٩٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ وَأَبِي حُصَيْنٍ وَعَيَّاشٍ الْعَامِرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «الْوِتْرُ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ»