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Musnad Ahmad 1094

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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.

Alinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by the Encyclopedia
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ وَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى آخِرِهِ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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.

Musnad Ahmad 1094, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 566. 1 min read

What it means

The Mother of the Believers ‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) mentions the time when the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray Witr at night. He used to pray it at any time at night, without restricting himself to a certain time. Sometimes he would pray it at the beginning of the night after praying ‘Ishā'.

Sometimes he would pray in the middle of the night after the first third of the night had passed. Sometimes he would pray in the last part of the night after two thirds had passed, even in the last hour of the night.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
  2. 2مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍTold us
  3. 3Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  4. 4Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
  5. 5Asim ibn DamrahFrom, Successor, died 74 AH
  6. 6Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH

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