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Sahih Muslim 751a

He who prayed at night should make Witr the end of his prayer, for the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered this.

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وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيَجْعَلْ آخِرَ صَلَاتِهِ وِتْرًا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِذَلِكَ

He who prayed at night should make Witr the end of his prayer, for the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered this.

উবাইদুল্লাহ ইবনু মুআয (রহঃ) .... শুবাহ হতে অবিকল বর্ণিত হয়েছে। তিনি বলেন রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বললেনঃ সুবহানাল্লাহ! তা দ্বারা পবিত্রতা লাভ করবে। অতঃপর তিনি আড়াল করলেন।

شعبہ کے ایک دوسرے شاگرد عبید اللہ کے والد معاذ بن معاذ عنبری نے کہا : ہمیں شعبہ نے اسی ( مذکورہ ) سند سے اسی ( سابقہ حدیث ) کے ہم معنی حدیث بیان کی اور کہا : آپ نے فرمایا : ’’سبحان اللہ !اس سے پاکیزگی حاصل کرو ‘ ‘ اور آپ نے اپنا چہرہ چھپا لیا ۔

Bize Ubeydullah b. Muaz da tahdis etti, bize babam tahdis etti. Bize Şu'be bu isnad ile buna yakın olarak rivayet etti ve şöyle dedi: Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem): "Subhanallah, onunla temizlenirsin işte" buyurdu ve örtündü

Sahih Muslim 751a, Book 6, The Book of Prayer - Travellers, Hadith 183. 1 min read

What it means

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was delivering a sermon on the pulpit: O Messenger of Allah, teach me how to perform the night prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Pray and make Taslīm after every two Rak‘ahs. When you fear that dawn is near, then pray one Rak‘ah, which will make what you have prayed Witr. And he (ﷺ) used to advise making Witr the last prayer of the night.

What it teaches

  • The basic rule for night prayer is to make Taslīm after every two Rak‘ahs, except for the Witr prayer.
  • The night prayer is not limited to a specific number of Rak‘ahs, as indicated by the unrestricted wording of the text.
  • An-Nawawi said: The Hadīth "the prayer of the night and day is two by two" refers to what is preferable—that one makes Taslīm after every two Rak‘ahs. This applies to both the voluntary prayers of the night and of the day, as it is recommended to conclude with Taslīm after every two Rak‘ahs.
  • An-Nawawi said: This Hadīth is evidence that the Sunnah is to make Witr the last prayer of the night, and that its time ends with the rising of dawn. This is the famous view in our school of thought, and it is the opinion held by the majority of scholars.

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

The chain

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

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Al-Layth ibn SadTold us, Third generation, died 175 AH
  4. 4Nafi, the client of Ibn UmarFrom, Successor, died 116 AH
  5. 5Abdullah ibn UmarThat, Companion, died 72 AH

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