Musnad Ahmad 25344

Translation

✧ A man asked her, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raise his voice when he recited during the night?" She replied, "Yes, sometimes he would raise it, and sometimes he would lower it." He said, "All praise is due to Allah who has made flexibility in the religion." He then asked, "Did he perform the Witr prayer at the beginning of the night?" She replied, "Yes, sometimes he would perform Witr at the beginning of the night, and sometimes he would perform it at the end." He said, "All praise is due to Allah who has made flexibility in the religion."

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Sahih al-Bukhari 290Sahih Muslim 306c

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   Yaḥyá b. Yaʿmar al-Jadalī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), eloquent, and he used to narrate mursal reportsd. 89 AH, also said: 129 AH, which is doubtful, also said: around 120 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَثقة فصيح ، وكان يرسل
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī

   Truthful (ṣadūq), errs often, and narrates mursal, and practises concealment (tadlīs)d. 133 AH, or 135 AH
   عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّصدوق يهم كثيرا ، ويرسل ، ويدلس
   عن
4. 4
   Maʿmar b. Rāshid

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), excellent, except that there is some weakness in his narration from Thābit, al-Aʿmash, ʿĀṣim b. Abī al-Najūd and Hishām b. ʿUrwah, and likewise in what he narrated in Basrad. at the beginning of 150 AH, or: 152 AH, or: 153 AH, or: 154 AH, 155 AH
   مَعْمَرٌثقة ثبت فاضل ، إلا أن في روايته عن ثابت والأعمش وعاصم بن أبي النجود ، وهشام بن عروة شيئا ، وكذا فيما حدث به بالبصرة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAbd al-Razzāq

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a renowned author (muṣannif); he went blind at the end of his life and his memory changed (taghayyara), and he had Shiite leanings (kāna yatashayyaʿ)d. 211 AH
   عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِثقة حافظ مصنف شهير ، عمي في آخر عمره فتغير ، وكان يتشيع
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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