Sahih al-Bukhari 993

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Night prayer is offered as two rakʿat followed by two rakʿat and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one rakʿa which will be witr for all the previous rakʿat." Al-Qasim said, "Since we attained the age of puberty we have seen some people offering a three-rakʿat prayer as witr and all that is permissible. I hope there will be no harm in it."

Notes

• قَالَ الْقَاسِمُ وَرَأَيْنَا أُنَاسًا مُنْذُ أَدْرَكْنَا يُوتِرُونَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَإِنَّ كُلاًّ لَوَاسِعٌ أَرْجُو أَنْ لاَ يَكُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْهُ بَأْسٌ

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1707al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 3151al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4880Sunan al-Daraqutni 1641al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 1348al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 410

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
   al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 101 AH, or 102 AH, or 106 AH, or 107 AH, or 108 AH, or 109 AH, 112 AH, or 117 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr

   trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. Ibn Saʿd said, and more than one: 126 AH. Khalīfah said likewise. He once said: died in the year 131 AH. Al-Fallās said likewise, and the first is more correct.
   عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِثقة جليل
   حدثه
4. 4
   ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, ḥāfiẓd. 147 AH, or 148 AH, or 149 AH
   عَمْرٌوثقة فقيه حافظ
   أخبرني
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   ابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   حدثني
6. 6
   Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH, also said: 239 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَصدوق يخطئ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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