Musnad Ahmad 5217

Translation

✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about the night prayer, while I was between the questioner and the Prophet ﷺ. He said: "Two by two, and when you fear dawn, pray witr with one rak'ah." He said: Then he came to him at the turn of the year, and I was in that position between him and the questioner, and he asked him. He said: "Two by two, and when you fear dawn, pray witr with one rak'ah."

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Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some hostility toward ʿAlī (naṣb) in himd. during the governorship of al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf over Iraq, or 108 AH
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّثقة ، فيه نصب
   عن
3. 3
   ʿImrān b. Ḥudayr

   trustworthy, trustworthy (thiqah thiqah)d. 147 AH, or: 149 AH
   عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُدَيْرٍثقة ثقة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ

   Trustworthy, a memorizer, devout (thiqah ḥāfiẓ ʿābid)d. 196 AH, or 197 AH, or 198 AH
   وَكِيعٌثقة حافظ عابد
   حدثنا
5. 5
   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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