Musnad Ahmad 678

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr reciting nine surahs from Al-Mufassal. Aswad said: In the first rak’ah he would recite ʿThe mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts youʿ [At-Takathur 102] and “verily, We have sent it (this Qurʿan) down in the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree)ʿ [al-Qadr 97], and ʿWhen the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquakeʿ [az-Zalzalah 99]. In the second rakʿah he would recite ʿBy Al-‘Asr (the time)” [Al-ʻAsr 103] and ʿWhen there comes the Help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah)ʿ [An-Nasr 95] and “Verily. We have granted you (O Muhammad ﷺ) Al-Kawthar (a river in Paradise)ʿ [Al-Kawthar 108]. In the third rakʿah he would recite “Say (O Muhammad to these Mushrikoon and Kafiroon): ʿO Al-Kafiroon (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in Al Qadar)!” [Al-Kafiroon 109] and “Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet ﷺ) and perish he!ʿ [Al-Masad 109] and ʿSay (O Muhammad ﷺ): “He is Allah, (the) One“ [Al-Ikhlas 112].

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• Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī

  رفعه إسرائيل ووقفه زهير فأيهما أشبه بالصواب موقوف أو مرفوع قال الله أعلم يقال إن زهير سمع من أبي إسحاق بأخرة وإسرائيل سماعه من أبي إسحاق قديم وأبو إسحاق بأخرة اختلط فكل من سمع منه بأخرة فليس سماعه بأجود ما يكون

  machine translationIsrāʾīl narrated it as raised to the Prophet (marfūʿ) and Zuhayr narrated it as stopped at the Companion (mawqūf). Which of them is closer to the correct view: stopped (mawqūf) or raised (marfūʿ)? He said: God knows best. It is said that Zuhayr heard from Abū Isḥāq late, whereas Isrāʾīl's hearing from Abū Isḥāq was early, and Abū Isḥāq became confused late in life. So whoever heard from him late, his hearing is not of the best quality. Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 682

Other narrations of this report

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1707

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

   One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرة
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar

   al-Shaʿbī called him a liar in his opinions, and he was accused of Rāfiḍism, and there is weakness in his hadithd. 65 AH
   الْحَارِثِكذبه الشعبي في رأيه ورمي بالرفض ، وفي حديثه ضعف
   عن
3. 3
   Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AH
   أَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخره
   عن
4. 4
   Isrāʾīl

   Trustworthy (thiqah); he was criticized without any valid proofd. Abū Nuʿaym said, and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar: 160 AH. Hārūn b. Ḥātim said, from Dubays: 161 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said, and Muḥammad b. Saʿd: 162 AH, Mughulṭāy said: 164 AH
   إِسْرَائِيلُثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aswad b. ʿĀmir

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 207 AH, or 208 AH
   وَأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍثقة
   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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