6. Witr

1. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1129No grade recorded

   «الْوِتْرُ خَمْسٌ أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ أَوْ وَاحِدَةٌ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Odd numbers for prayers of Witr are either five, three, or one."

2. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1130No grade recorded

   «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمِنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ».

   The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Witr is a confirmed duty; whoever wishes may perform it with three (units), and whoever wishes may perform it with five, and whoever would like to perform witr with one (unit), let him perform it with one.”

3. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1131No grade recorded

   «الْوِتْرُ بِخَمْسٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَبِثَلَاثٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَبِوَاحِدَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ» فَأَوْمِ إِيمَاءً

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Perform Witr prayer in odd numbers, and if you are unable, then perform it in three, and if you are still unable, then perform it in one."

4. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1132Weak

   «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ» فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِعدي تركوه

   ✧ That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, "Witr (odd number of units for prayer) is a right (obligation)." So he mentioned it in this way and they left it.

5. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1133No grade recorded

   «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ» فَذَكَرَهُ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

   ✧ "Al-Witr is a right" so Abu Ayyub mentioned it repeatedly.

6. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1134No grade recorded

   «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ» فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ

   The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Witr (the nightly odd numbered prayer) is a right (that it should be performed)." Then the narrated something similar.

7. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1135Sahih

   رُبَّمَا «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ وَقَدْ قَامَ النَّاسُ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ»

   Perhaps I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying witr (odd numbered night prayer) while the people were standing for Fajr prayer.

8. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1136Sahih

   «إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلْيُوتِرْ»

   The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you wakes up in the morning and has not performed the Witr prayer, let them perform it."

9. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1137Sahih

   «لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنْ أَوْتِرُوا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ بِتِسْعٍ أَوْ بِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»

   The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not perform Witr (the odd numbered nightly prayer) to three rakahs making is seem like the Maghrib prayer. Rather extend it to five, or seven, nine, or eleven rakahs, or even more than that."

10. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1138Sahih

    «لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ أَوْتِرُوا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ بِسَبْعٍ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not perform Witr (the odd numbered nightly prayer) to three rakahs making is seem like the Maghrib prayer. Rather extend it to five, or seven."

11. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1139Sahih

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يُسَلِّمُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْوِتْرِ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not offer the taslim (salam) after the first two rakahs of the Witr prayer.

12. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1140No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا يُسَلِّمُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ» وَهَذَا وِتْرُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the Witr prayer with three rakahs, and he would do the taslim only in the last rakah. And this is the Witr prayer of Amir al-Muminin, Umar b. al-Khattab"

13. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1141No grade recorded

    قِيلَ لِلْحَسَنِ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْوِتْرِ فَقَالَ «كَانَ عُمَرُ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ كَانَ يَنْهَضُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ»

    It was said to Al-Hasan that Ibn Umar used to do the taslim after the two rakahs of Witr. He replied, "Umar ᴿᴬ was more knowledgeable than him; he would rise up for the third rakah with the takbir."

14. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1142No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ فِيهِنَّ وَلَا يَتَشَهَّدُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ»

    He used to perform the Witr prayer with three rakahs without the tashahhud (sitting) in between them, and he would not do the tashahhud except in the last rakah."

15. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1143No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الَّتِي يُوتِرُ بَعْدَهُمَا بِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ بِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ» تَابَعَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the two Rak'ahs of Witr after them "Subhanallahi Walhamdulillahi Wa La Ilaha Illallah Wallahu Akbar" (Glorified is Allah, and praised is Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), and recite in Witr "Qul Huwallahu Ahad" (Say, He is Allah, the One), and say "A'udhu bi Rabbil Falaq" (I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak), and say "A'udhu bi Rabbin Nas" (I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind). Sa'id bin Abi Maryam narrated it from Yahya bin Ayyub.

16. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1144Sahih

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى بِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ»

    ✧ The translation is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the Witr prayer with three units. In the first unit, he would recite "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika, tabarakasmuka, wa ta'ala jadduka, wa la ilaha ghairuka" (Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. Blessed is Your name and exalted is Your majesty. There is no deity worthy of worship except You). In the second unit, he would recite "Qul ya ayyuhal kafirun" (Say, O disbelievers). And in the third unit, he would recite "Qul huwa Allahu ahad" (Say, He is Allah, the One). Then he would seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak (Al-Falaq) and seek refuge in the Lord of mankind (An-Nas)."

17. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1145Sahih

    كَانَ» يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ إِلَّا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Tahiyyatul-Wudu (a prayer after performing ablution) consisting of five units (rak'ahs). He would not sit down except in the fifth unit, and he would only give the salaam (conclude the prayer) in the fifth unit.

18. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1146No grade recorded

    «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Witr (odd-numbered prayers) is a right, so whoever does not perform Witr is not among us."

19. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1147Weak

    فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ «هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ» وَأَبُو الْمُنِيبِ الْعَتَكِيُّ مَرْوَزِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ يُجْمَعُ حَدِيثُهُ

    ✧ The passage translates to: "He mentioned it similarly, 'This is an authentic hadith.' Abu Al-Munib Al-Ataki from Marw is trustworthy, and his hadith is compiled."

20. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1148Sahih

    خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِصَلَاةٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ وَهِيَ الْوِتْرُ فَجَعَلَهَا لَكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and said: Allah the Exalted has given you an extra prayer which is better for you then the red camels (i.e. high breed camels). This is the witr which Allah has appointed for you between the night prayer and the daybreak. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1418)

21. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1149Sahih

    «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ وَضَعُفَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ»

    "The Prophet would perform Witr with thirteen [Rak'ah]. When he was older and became weak he performed Witr with seven." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 457)

22. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1150Sahih

    كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ وِتْرِهِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ»

    It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ used to say at the end of his Witr ʿO Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, I seek refuge in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot praise You enough, You are as You have praised Yourself.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 751)

23. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1151No grade recorded

    «رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا»

    ✧ 'The two rakʿahs of Fajr are better than the entire world.'

24. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1152Sahih

    أَكْثَرُ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ {قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ} [البقرة 136] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ {قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} [آل عمران 64] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران 52]

    ✧ The most that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the two rakʿahs of Fajr was {Say: We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to Ibrāhīm} [al-Baqarah:136] to the end of the verse, and in the second rakʿah {Say: O People of the Book, come to a word that is equitable between us and you} [Āl ʿImrān:64] up to His saying {and bear witness that we are Muslims} [Āl ʿImrān:52].

25. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1153Sahih

    «مَنْ نَسِيَ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَلْيُصَلِّهِمَا إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ»

    ✧ 'Whoever forgets the two rakʿahs of Fajr, let him pray them when the sun has risen.'

26. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1154No grade recorded

    أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَجَذَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟»

    ✧ The prayer was called, so I stood to pray the two rakʿahs, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled me and said: 'Will you pray the morning prayer as four?'

27. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1155No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ؟ وَأَيُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ؟ فَقَالَ «أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ»

    ✧ He was asked: Which prayer is best after the prescribed one, and which fasting is best after the month of Ramaḍān? He said: 'The best prayer after the prescribed one is prayer in the middle of the night, and the best fasting after the month of Ramaḍān is the month of Allah, al-Muḥarram.'

28. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1156No grade recorded

    «عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأَبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَهُوَ قُرْبَةٌ لَكُمْ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَمُكَفِّرٌ لِلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ»

    ✧ 'You must observe night prayer, for it is the practice of the righteous before you, and it is a means of drawing near to your Lord, an expiation for misdeeds, and a deterrent from sin.'

29. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1157No grade recorded

    وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَثَرَ الْوَجَعِ عَلَيْكَ يَتَبَيَّنُ قَالَ «إِنِّي إِنَّمَا عَلَى مَا تَرَوْنَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ قَدْ قَرَأْتُ السَّبْعَ الطِّوَالَ»

    ✧ One night the Messenger of Allah ﷺ found something, and when morning came it was said: O Messenger of Allah, the trace of the pain is evident upon you. He said: 'I am only, as you see, by the praise of Allah; I have recited the seven long sūrahs.'

30. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1158No grade recorded

    لِي عَائِشَةُ لَا تَدَعْ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ «فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ لَا يَذَرُهُ وَكَانَ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَوْ كَسِلَ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا»

    ✧ ʿĀʾishah said to me: Do not abandon night prayer, 'for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never abandoned it, and when he was ill or felt sluggish, he would pray sitting.'

31. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1159No grade recorded

    ثنا شُعْبَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ الْإِسْنَادَ وَالْمَتْنَ جَمِيعًا

    ✧ Shu'bah narrated to us, and he mentioned it with the same chain and text entirely.

32. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1160No grade recorded

    «مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

    ✧ "Whoever guards these prescribed prayers will not be written among the heedless, and whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will be written among the devout."

33. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1161No grade recorded

    «مَنْ صَلَّى فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَمَنْ صَلَّى فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِمِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُكْتَبُ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ الْمُخْلَصِينَ»

    ✧ "Whoever prays one hundred verses in a night will not be written among the heedless, and whoever prays two hundred verses in a night will be written among the devout and sincere."

34. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1162No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ بِعُكَاظٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ أُخْرَى أَوْ سَاعَةٌ تَبْقَى أَوْ يَنْبَغِي ذِكْرُهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّ أَقْرَبَ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِمَّنْ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَكُنْ»

    ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was encamped at 'Ukaz and said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there any supplication closer than another, or an hour that remains or should be remembered?" He said, "Yes, the closest the Lord is to the servant is in the last part of the night, so if you can be among those who remember Allah in that hour, then be so."

35. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1163No grade recorded

    أَنَّ اللَّهَ دَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ عَلَى دَلِيلٍ فَقَالَ لَهُنَّ ادْلُلْنَنِي عَلَى مَا دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ فَقُلْنَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ دَلَّهُ عَلَى قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ»

    ✧ Indeed, Allah guided His Prophet to a proof, so he said to them, "Guide me to what my Prophet ﷺ guided to." So, they said, "Indeed, Allah guided him to the Night Prayer."

36. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1164No grade recorded

    «رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَتْ نَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِهَا الْمَاءَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأَةً قَامَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّتْ وَأَيْقَظَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَإِنْ أَبَى نَضَحَتْ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْمَاءَ»

    ✧ "May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night, prays, and wakes his wife; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who gets up at night, prays, and wakes her husband; if he refuses, she sprinkles water on his face."

37. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1165No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ وَمَا لَكُمْ وَصَلَاتُهُ؟ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بِقَدْرِ مَا نَامَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ» وَنَعَتَتْ لَهُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ «قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا»

    ✧ He asked Umm Salamah about the recitation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. She said, "What concern is it of yours with his prayer? He would pray, then sleep as long as he had prayed, then pray as long as he had slept, then sleep as long as he had prayed, until morning." She described his recitation to him, and it was a clear, letter-by-letter recitation.

38. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1166No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ «إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ طَوْرًا وَخَفَضَهُ طَوْرًا» وَكَانَ يَذْكُرُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ»

    ✧ When he rose at night, he would raise his voice at times and lower it at times, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do that.

39. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1167No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَانَ يَجْهَرُ أَمْ يُسِرُّ؟ قَالَتْ «كُلَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا يَجْهَرُ وَرُبَّمَا يُسِرُّ» قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً

    ✧ He asked 'A'ishah, "How was the recitation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night? Did he recite aloud or quietly?" She said, "He did all of that: sometimes aloud and sometimes quietly." He said, "Praise be to Allah who has made the matter broad."

40. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1168No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ؟» فَقَالَ قَدْ أَسَمِعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ فَقَالَ «مَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَأَنْتَ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ؟» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحْتِسَبُ بِهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا» وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ «اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by Abu Bakr while he was praying and lowering his voice, and he passed by 'Umar while he was praying and raising his voice. When they gathered with the Prophet ﷺ, he said to Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr, I passed by you while you were praying and lowering your voice?" He said, "I made it audible to the One I was confiding in." Then he said, "I passed by you, O 'Umar, while you were raising your voice?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I seek reward by it and wake the drowsy." He said to Abu Bakr, "Raise your voice a little," and to 'Umar, "Lower your voice."

41. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1169No grade recorded

    اعْتَكَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَمِعَهُمْ يَجْهَرُونَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَشَفَ السُّتُورَ وَقَالَ «أَلَا كُلُّكُمْ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَلَا يُؤْذِيَنَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا وَلَا يَرْفَعْنَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ retired to the mosque. He heard them (the people) reciting the Qur'an in a loud voice. He removed the curtain and said: Lo! every one of you is calling his Lord quietly. One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1332)

42. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1170No grade recorded

    «مَنْ أَتَى فِرَاشَهُ وَهُوَ يَنْوِي أَنْ يَقُومَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ كُتِبَ لَهُ مَا نَوَى وَكَانَ نَوْمُهُ صَدَقَةً عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةً مِنْ رَبِّهِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever goes to bed intending to stand (in prayer) during the night, but his eyes overpower him (i.e., he falls asleep) until morning, then his intention will be recorded for him, and his sleep will be a charity from his Lord."

43. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1171No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِنْ قَوْلِ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَهَذَا مِمَّا لَا يُوهِنُ فَإِنَّ» الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيَّ أَقْدَمُ وَأَحْفَظُ وَأَعْرَفُ بِحَدِيثِ زَائِدَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ

    ✧ Abu Bakr b. Ishaq narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Nadr informed us, Mu'awiyah b. 'Amr narrated to us, Za'idah narrated to us, and he mentioned it with its chain from the saying of Abu al-Darda'. This does not weaken it, for al-Husayn b. 'Ali al-Ju'fi is older, more retentive, and more knowledgeable of the hadith of Za'idah than others, and Allah knows best.

44. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1172No grade recorded

    «لَا تَخُصُّوا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ بِصِيَامٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَيَّامِ وَلَا تَخُصُّوا لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ بِقِيَامٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ اللَّيَالِي»

    ✧ "Do not single out Friday for fasting among the days, and do not single out Friday night for night prayer among the nights."

45. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1173No grade recorded

    «مَنْ صَلَّى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِي يَوْمٍ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَاثْنَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ»

    ✧ "Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs in a day, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise: four before Zuhr, two after it, two before 'Asr, two after Maghrib, and two before Subh."

46. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1174No grade recorded

    «مَنْ صَلَّى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَجْدَةً تَطَوُّعًا بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ Whoever prays twelve prostrations voluntarily, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.

47. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1175No grade recorded

    «مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَأَرْبَعٍ بَعْدَهَا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ»

    ✧ Whoever consistently performs four rak'ahs before Zuhr and four after it, Allah will forbid him to the Fire.

48. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1176No grade recorded

    بُرَيْدَةُ خَرَجْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَمْشِي فِي حَاجَةٍ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي فَظَنَنْتُهُ يُرِيدُ حَاجَةً فَجَعَلْتُ أَكُفُّ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى رَآنِي فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي جَمِيعًا فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا يُصَلِّي يُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تُرَى هَذَا يُرَائِي؟» فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ يَدَهُ وَطَبَّقَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ وَيُصَوِّبُهُمَا وَيَقُولُ «عَلَيْكُمْ هَدْيًا قَاصِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ هَدْيًا قَاصِدًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشَادَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ يَغْلِبُهُ»

    ✧ Buraydah said: I went out one day walking for a need, and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking. I thought he wanted something, so I kept away from him, and I continued doing that until he saw me and gestured to me. I came to him, and he took my hand, and we went off walking together. Then I saw a man in front of us praying, performing many bowings and prostrations. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you think this man is showing off?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, then he let go of his hand and clasped his hands three times, raising and lowering them, saying, "Upon you is a moderate way; upon you is a moderate way, for whoever contends with this religion will be overcome by it."

49. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1177No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ «صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ»

    ✧ He prayed Maghrib with the Prophet ﷺ, then he prayed until he prayed 'Isha'.

50. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1178No grade recorded

    «أَكْرِمُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ بِبَعْضِ صَلَاتِكُمْ»

    ✧ Honor your homes with some of your prayers.

51. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1179No grade recorded

    أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَدَعَا بِلَالًا فَقَالَ «يَا بِلَالُ بِمَ سَبَقْتَنِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ؟ إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ الْجَنَّةَ فَسَمِعْتُ خَشْخَشَتَكَ أَمَامِي» فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَذَّنْتُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَمَا أَصَابَنِي حَدَثٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا تَوَضَّأْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بِهَذَا»

    ✧ One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up and called Bilal, saying, "O Bilal, how have you preceded me to Paradise? Last night I entered Paradise and heard the rustling of your footsteps ahead of me." Bilal said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have never called the adhan but that I prayed two rak'ahs, and I have never had a ritual impurity but that I performed wudu' at that time." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is because of this."

52. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1180No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتَ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ» قَالَ فَادْعُهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ»

    ✧ A blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Supplicate Allah to heal me." He said, "If you wish, you may postpone that, and it is better; and if you wish, I will supplicate." He said, "Supplicate." He said, and he ordered him to perform wudu' and perfect his wudu', then pray two rak'ahs and supplicate with this supplication, saying: "O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned through you to my Lord concerning this need of mine, that it may be fulfilled. O Allah, accept his intercession for me and accept my intercession for him."

53. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1181No grade recorded

    اكْتُمِ الْخِطْبَةَ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأْ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ثُمَّ احْمَدْ رَبَّكَ وَمَجِّدْهُ ثُمَّ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ لِي فُلَانَةً تُسَمِّيهَا بِاسْمِهَا خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي فَاقْدُرْهَا لِي وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُهَا خَيْرًا لِي مِنْهَا فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي فَاقْضِ لِي بِهَا أَوْ قُلْ «فَاقْدُرْهَا لِي» هَذِهِ سُنَّةُ صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ عَزِيزَةٌ تَفَرَّدَ بِهَا أَهْلُ مِصْرَ ورُوَاتُهُ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ ثِقَاتٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

    ✧ Keep the proposal secret, then perform wudu' and perfect your wudu', then pray what Allah has decreed for you, then praise your Lord and extol Him, then say: 'O Allah, You are able and I am not able, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. If You see that [name of woman]—naming her—is good for me in my religion, my worldly life, and my Hereafter, then decree her for me; and if someone other than her is better for me than her in my religion, my worldly life, and my Hereafter, then decree her for me,' or say: 'then decree her for me.' This is the Sunnah of the prayer of Istikharah, rare, unique to the people of Egypt, and its narrators to the last are trustworthy, but they did not include it in the two Sahihs.

54. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1182No grade recorded

    «لَا يُحَافِظُ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الضُّحَى إِلَّا أَوَّابٌ» قَالَ «وَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ»

    ✧ No one consistently performs the Duha prayer except the oft-returning to Allah." He said, "And it is the prayer of the oft-returning.

55. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1183No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ صَلَّى سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ «إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ صَلَاةَ رَغْبَةٍ وَرَهْبَةٍ فَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَقْتُلَ أُمَّتِي بِالسِّنِينَ فَفَعَلَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُظْهِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا فَفَعَلَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَهُمْ شِيَعًا فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ»

    ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a journey praying the Duha voluntary prayer, eight rak'ahs. When he finished, he said, "I prayed a prayer of desire and fear, and I asked my Lord for three things. He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy my nation by famine, and He did so; I asked Him not to give their enemy dominance over them, and He did so; and I asked Him not to make them into factions, and He refused me."

56. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1184No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ جَالِسًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not die until most of his prayer was performed sitting.

57. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1185No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا فَإِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing and sitting. When he began the prayer standing, he bowed standing; and when he began the prayer sitting, he bowed sitting.

58. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1186No grade recorded

    كَانَ بِي النَّاصُورُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَجَالِسًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ»

    ✧ I had a fistula, so I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, “Pray standing; if you cannot, then sitting; and if you cannot, then on your side.”

59. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1187No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ «سَافَرْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ سَفَرًا فَلَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حِينَ تَزِيغُ الشَّمْسُ»

    ✧ He said, “I traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on eighteen journeys, and I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ abandon the two rak'ahs when the sun declines.”

60. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1188No grade recorded

    «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا وَدَّعَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ would not alight at any place except that he bid it farewell with two rak'ahs.

61. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1189No grade recorded

    «مَنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ فَصَلَّيَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا كُتِبَا مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ»

    ✧ Whoever wakes up at night and wakes his family, and they pray two rak'ahs together, they are recorded among the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember.

62. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1190No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَفَلَّتَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ مِنْ صَدْرِي فَمَا أَجِدُنِي أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ أَفَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُكَ اللَّهُ بِهِنَّ وَيَنْفَعُ بِهِنَّ مَنْ عَلَّمْتَهُ وَيُثَبِّتُ مَا عَلِمْتَهُ فِي صَدْرِكَ؟» قَالَ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَعَلِّمْنِي قَالَ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فِي ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ فَإِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ مَشْهُودَةٌ وَالدُّعَاءُ فِيهَا مُسْتَجَابٌ وَهِيَ قَوْلُ أَخِي يَعْقُوبَ لِبَنِيهِ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ لَيْلَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقُمْ فِي وَسَطِهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقُمْ فِي أَوَّلِهَا فَصَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةِ يس وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَالم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وحم الدُّخَانَ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَبَارَكَ الْمُفَصَّلَ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ التَّشَهُّدِ فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَأَحْسَنِ الثَّنَاءَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى سَائِرِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَأَحْسِنْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِإِخْوَانِكَ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوكَ بِالْإِيمَانِ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ قُلْ آخِرَ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي وَارْحَمْنِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّفَ مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلَالِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُلْزِمَ قَلْبِي حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كَمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَارْزُقْنِي أَنْ أَتْلُوَهُ عَلَى النَّحْوِ الَّذِي يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ وَالْعِزَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُرَامُ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمَنُ بِجَلَالِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُنَوِّرَ بِكِتَابِكَ بَصَرِي وَأَنْ تُطْلِقَ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَأَنْ تُفَرِّجَ بِهِ عَنْ قَلْبِي وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرِي وَأَنْ تَشْغَلَ بِهِ بَدَنِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُعِينُنِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ غَيْرُكَ وَلَا يُؤْتِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ جُمَعٍ أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا يُجَابُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَخْطَأَ مُؤْمِنًا قَطُّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا لَبِثَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَّا خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِيمَا خَلَا لَا أَتَعْلَمُ أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ أَوْ نَحْوَهُنَّ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُهُنَّ عَلَى نَفْسِي يَتَفَلَّتْنَ فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَأَتَعَلَّمُ الْأَرْبَعِينَ آيَةً وَنَحْوَهَا فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُهُنَّ عَلَى نَفْسِي فَكَمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ نُصْبَ عَيْنِي وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ الْحَدِيثَ فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُهُ تَفَلَّتَ وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَسْمَعُ الْأَحَادِيثَ فَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهَا لَمْ أَخْرِمْ مِنْهَا حَرْفًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «مُؤْمِنٌ وَرَبُّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ»

    ✧ While he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ʿAli b. Abi Talib came to him and said, “May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah! This Qur'an has slipped from my chest, and I find that I cannot hold onto it.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “O Abu al-Hasan, shall I not teach you words by which Allah will benefit you and benefit those you teach, and which will fix what you have learned in your chest?” He said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah, teach me.” He said, “When it is Friday night, if you are able to stand in the last third of the night, for it is a witnessed hour and supplication in it is answered—and it is the saying of my brother Yaʿqub to his sons: ‘I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord’—until Friday night comes. If you cannot, then stand in its middle; if you cannot, then stand in its beginning. Then pray four rak'ahs. In the first, recite the Opening of the Book and Surah Yasin; in the second rak'ah, the Opening of the Book and Alif Lam Mim Tanzil al-Sajdah; in the third rak'ah, the Opening of the Book and Ha Mim al-Dukhan; and in the fourth rak'ah, the Opening of the Book and Tabarak al-Mufassal. When you finish the tashahhud, praise Allah, extol Allah with the best praise, send blessings upon me and upon all the prophets, praise well, seek forgiveness for your brothers who preceded you in faith, and seek forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women. Then say at the end of that: ‘O Allah, have mercy on me by enabling me to abandon sins forever as long as You keep me alive; have mercy on me from burdening myself with what does not concern me; and grant me good insight into what pleases You from me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of majesty and honor and might that cannot be rivaled, I ask You, O Allah, O Most Merciful, by Your majesty and the light of Your face, to make my heart cling to memorizing Your Book as You taught me, and to enable me to recite it in the manner that pleases You from me. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of majesty and honor and might that cannot be rivaled, I ask You, O Allah, O Most Merciful, by Your majesty and the light of Your face, to illuminate my sight with Your Book, release my tongue through it, dispel distress from my heart through it, expand my chest through it, and occupy my body with it. For none helps me upon the truth except You, and none grants it except You, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.’ Do this, Abu al-Hasan, for three Fridays, or five, or seven, and you will be answered by Allah's permission. By the One who sent me with the truth, it never fails a believer.” ʿAbdullah b. ʿAbbas said, “By Allah, ʿAli did not tarry except five or seven nights before he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a similar gathering and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, previously I would not learn four verses or so without them slipping away when I recited them to myself. But today I learn forty verses or so, and when I recite them to myself, it is as if the Book of Allah is before my eyes. I used to hear a hadith and it would slip away when I wanted it, but today I hear hadiths and when I narrate them, I do not omit a single letter.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him then, ‘A believer, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah, O Abu al-Hasan.’”

63. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1191No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ غَدَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ فِي صَلَاتِي فَقَالَ كَبِّرِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَسَبِّحِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا أَوِ احْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِي مَا شِئْتِ يَقُولُ نَعَمْ نَعَمْ

    ✧ Umm Sulaym went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “Teach me words to say in my prayer.” He said, “Say Allahu akbar ten times, glorify Allah ten times—or praise Him ten times—then ask whatever you wish. He says, ‘Yes, yes.’”

64. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1192No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَا عَبَّاسُ يَا عَمَّاهُ أَلَا أُعْطِيكَ أَلَا أَحْبُوكَ أَلَا أَفْعَلُ بِكَ عَشْرُ خِصَالٍ إِذَا أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ قَدِيمَهُ وَحَدِيثَهُ خَطَأَهُ وَعَمْدَهُ صَغِيرَهُ وَكَبِيرَهُ سِرَّهُ وَعَلَانِيَتَهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ قُلْتَ وَأَنْتَ قَائِمٌ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقُولُ وَأَنْتَ رَاكِعٌ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا فَذَلِكَ خَمْسَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ تَفْعَلُ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَهَا فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ فَافْعَلْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَفِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَفِي عُمُرِكَ مَرَّةً

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to al-ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib, “O ʿAbbas, O my uncle, shall I not give you? Shall I not bestow upon you? Shall I not do for you ten qualities—if you do that, Allah will forgive your sin, the first of it and the last of it, the old of it and the new of it, its error and its deliberate commission, its small and its great, its secret and its open? You pray four rak'ahs, reciting in each rak'ah the Opening of the Book and a surah. When you finish the recitation in the first rak'ah, while standing you say: ‘Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great’ fifteen times. Then you bow and say it ten times while bowing. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. Then you prostrate and say it ten times. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. Then you prostrate and say it ten times. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. That is seventy-five in each rak'ah. Do this in four rak'ahs. If you can pray it every day, do so; if not, then once every Friday; if not, then once every month; if not, then once every year; if not, then once in your lifetime.”

65. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1193No grade recorded

    ذَلِكَ سَيِّدُنَا وَأَمَّا إِرْسَالُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

    ✧ That is our master. As for Ibrahim b. al-Hakam b. Aban transmitting this hadith in mursal form from his father—

66. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1194No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمِّهِ الْعَبَّاسِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ «هَذَا الْإِرْسَالُ لَا يُوهِنُ وَصْلَ الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنَّ الزِّيَادَةَ مِنَ الثِّقَةِ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْإِرْسَالِ عَلَى أَنَّ إِمَامَ عَصْرِهِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَدْ أَقَامَ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ وَوَصَلَهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his uncle al-ʿAbbas—and he mentioned the hadith. “This mursal transmission does not weaken the connected hadith, for the addition of a trustworthy narrator is preferable to mursal transmission. Moreover, the imam of his age in hadith, Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Hanzali, established this isnad from Ibrahim b. al-Hakam b. Aban and connected it.”

67. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1195No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ «وَقَدْ صَحَّتِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهَا عَمَّهُ الْعَبَّاسَ ؓ »

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, similar to the hadith of Musa b. ʿAbd al-ʿAziz from al-Hakam. “The narration from ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar b. al-Khattab is authentic that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught this prayer to his cousin Jaʿfar b. Abi Talib, just as he taught it to his uncle al-ʿAbbas ؓ.”

68. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1196No grade recorded

    وَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِلَى بِلَادِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ اعْتَنَقَهُ وَقَبَّلَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا أَهَبُ لَكَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ أَلَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَلَا أُتْحِفُكَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ تُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ وَسُورَةٍ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَأَنْتَ قَائِمٌ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقُولُهُنَّ عَشْرًا تَمَامَ هَذِهِ الرَّكْعَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَبْتَدِئَ بِالرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ تَفْعَلُ فِي الثَّلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ كَمَا وَصَفْتَ لَكَ حَتَّى تُتِمَّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ «هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ لَا غُبَارَ عَلَيْهِ وَمِمَّا يُسْتَدَلُّ بِهِ عَلَى صِحَّةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ اسْتِعْمَالُ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ أَتْبَاعِ التَّابِعِينَ إِلَى عَصْرِنَا هَذَا إِيَّاهُ وَمَوَاظَبَتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَعْلِيمُهُنَّ النَّاسَ مِنْهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Jaʿfar b. Abi Talib to the land of Abyssinia. When he arrived, he embraced him and kissed him between his eyes, then said, “Shall I not grant you something? Shall I not give you glad tidings? Shall I not bestow upon you? Shall I not gift you?” He said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Pray four rak'ahs, reciting in each rak'ah the Opening of the Book and a surah. Then after the recitation, while standing before bowing, say: ‘Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is most great, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah’ fifteen times. Then bow and say them ten times, completing this rak'ah before beginning the second. Do this in the three rak'ahs as I described to you until you complete four rak'ahs.” “This is a sound isnad, free from defect. Among the evidence for the authenticity of this hadith is the practice of the imams from the followers of the Followers up to our own time, their persistence in it, and their teaching it to people—among them ʿAbdullah b. al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him.”

69. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1197No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الَّتِي يُسَبَّحُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ تُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ تَتَعَوَّذُ وَتَقْرَأُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةً ثُمَّ تَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُهَا عَشْرًا تُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ عَلَى هَذَا فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَذَلِكَ تَمَامُ الثَّلَاثِ مِائَةٍ فَإِنْ صَلَّاهَا لَيْلًا فَأَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِنْ صَلَّى نَهَارًا فَإِنْ شَاءَ سَلَّمَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْ

    ✧ I asked ʿAbdullah b. al-Mubarak about the prayer in which glorification is performed. He said, “You say takbir, then say: ‘Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god other than You.’ Then you say fifteen times: ‘Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great.’ Then you seek refuge and recite ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate,’ the Opening of the Book, and a surah. Then you say ten times: ‘Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great.’ Then you bow and say it ten times. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. Then you prostrate and say it ten times. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. Then you make the second prostration and say it ten times. Then you raise your head and say it ten times. You pray four rak'ahs in this manner. That is seventy-five glorifications in each rak'ah, making a total of three hundred. If he prays it at night, I prefer that he say the salam after two rak'ahs. If he prays it during the day, he may say the salam or not, as he wishes.”

70. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1198No grade recorded

    «الرَّكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ إِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ وَالرَّكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ إِدْبَارَ السُّحُورِ»

    ✧ The two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer are at the setting of the stars, and the two rak'ahs after sunset are at the passing of the pre-dawn meal.

71. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1199No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَعَدَ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَوْ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلْيُحْسِنْ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ لِيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُثْنِي عَلَى اللَّهِ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيَقُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْعِصْمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ «فَائِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو الْوَرْقَاءِ كُوفِيٌّ عِدَادُهُ فِي التَّابِعِينَ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَعْقَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُسْتَقِيمُ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الشَّيْخَيْنِ لَمْ يُخَرِّجَا عَنْهُ وَإِنَّمَا جَعَلْتُ حَدِيثَهُ هَذَا شَاهِدًا لِمَا تَقَدَّمَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us one day and sat down, then said: 'Whoever has a need from Allah or from any of the children of Adam, let him perform ablution and perfect his ablution, then pray two rak'ahs, then praise Allah, and invoke blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, and say: There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I ask You for the determinations of Your forgiveness, protection from every sin, and safety from every wrongdoing.' Fā'id b. 'Abd al-Raḥmān Abū al-Warqā' is a Kufan, counted among the successors. I have seen a group of his descendants, and he is upright in hadith, except that the two shaykhs did not transmit from him. I have made this hadith of his only as a corroborating witness for what preceded.

72. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1200No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا يُرَى ظَاهِرُهَا مِنْ بَاطِنِهَا وَبَاطِنُهَا مِنْ ظَاهِرِهَا» قَالَ أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ لِمَنْ هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «لِمَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلَامَ وَأَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَبَاتَ قَائِمًا وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ»

    ✧ 'In Paradise there are chambers whose outside is seen from their inside and whose inside is seen from their outside.' Abū Mālik al-Ash'arī said: 'For whom are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'For one who speaks good words, feeds food, and spends the night standing in prayer while people are asleep.'

73. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1201No grade recorded

    صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فِي حُجْرَةٍ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ قَالَ فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ذُو الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ وَذُو الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ» «ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ الْبَقَرَةَ فَقَرَأَ» فَقُلْتُ يَبْلُغُ رَأْسَ الْمِائَةِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَبْلُغُ رَأْسَ الْمِائَتَيْنِ قَالَ ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَرَأَهَا لَا يَمُرُّ بِآيَةِ التَّخْوِيفِ إِلَّا وَقَفَ فَتَعَوَّذَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ مِثْلَ مَا قَامَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ يُرَدِّدُهُنَّ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ» مِثْلَ مَا رَكَعَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ مِثْلَ مَا قَامَ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى» وَيَقُولُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي» فَمَا صَلَّى إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَتَمَةِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ « حَتَّى جَاءَ بِلَالٌ فَآذَنَهُ بِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ»

    ✧ I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night in Ramadan in a room made of palm branches. He stood and said the takbir, then said: 'Allah is the Greatest, Possessor of might and dominion, and Possessor of pride and greatness.' Then he began al-Baqarah and recited. I said: 'He will reach one hundred verses.' Then I said: 'He will reach two hundred.' Then he began Āl 'Imrān and recited it, then he began al-Nisā' and recited it, not passing by a verse of warning except that he stopped and sought refuge. Then he bowed for the same length as he had stood, saying: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent,' repeating it. Then he raised his head and said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him. O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs praise,' for the same length as his bowing. Then he prostrated for the same length as his standing, saying: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Most High,' and saying between the two prostrations: 'Lord, forgive me.' He did not pray except four rak'ahs from the night prayer from the beginning of the night until its end, until Bilal came and announced to him the dawn prayer.

74. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1117Sahih

    أَمْرٌ حَسَنٌ «عَمِلَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَلَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ»

    ✧ "A good practice, performed by the Prophet ﷺ and Muslims after him, but it is not obligatory."

75. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1118No grade recorded

    عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَصَلَاتِكُمُ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْتِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ» وَمِنَ الشَّوَاهِدِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَا

    ‘Ali ؓ said: Verily, Witr is not a must like your prescribed prayers, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr, then he said: “Pray Witr, O people of the Qurʿan. Pray Witr, for Allah is One and loves that which is odd numbered.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1262)

76. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1119No grade recorded

    ثَلَاثٌ هُنَّ عَلَيَّ فَرَائِضُ وَلَكُمْ تَطَوُّعٌ النَّحْرُ وَالْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There are three obligations upon me, and optional acts for you: the sacrifice, Witr prayer, and the two units of prayer before Fajr prayer.

77. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1120Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أُوتِرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أَنَامُ ثُمَّ أُوتِرُ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «أَخَذْتَ بِالْجَزْمِ» أَوْ بِالْوَثِيقَةِ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ «أَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Abū Bakr: 'When do you perform witr?' He said: 'I perform witr before I sleep.' And he said to ʿUmar: 'When do you perform witr?' He said: 'I sleep, then I perform witr.' So he said to Abū Bakr: 'You have taken hold of the firmest option' or 'of the surest option,' and he said to ʿUmar: 'You have taken hold of strength.'

78. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1121Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أُوتِرُ ثُمَّ أَنَامُ قَالَ «بِالْجَزْمِ أَخَذْتَ» وَسَأَلَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ «مَتَى تُوتِرُ؟» قَالَ أَنَامُ ثُمَّ أَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَأُوتِرُ قَالَ «فِعْلَ الْقَوِيِّ فَعَلْتَ» صحيح

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Abū Bakr: 'When do you perform witr?' He said: 'I perform witr, then I sleep.' He said: 'You have taken hold of the firmest option.' And he asked ʿUmar: 'When do you perform witr?' He said: 'I sleep, then I get up during the night and perform witr.' He said: 'You have done the deed of the strong one.' Ṣaḥīḥ.

79. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1122No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ فَقَالَ «أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ» تَابَعَهُ مَعْمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ

    ✧ "That Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri informed them that they asked the Prophet ﷺ about Al-Witr (a prayer performed in odd numbers) and he said, 'Perform Witr before the Fajr (dawn) prayer.' Ma'mar ibn Rashid continued, narrating from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir."

80. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1123Sahih

    «أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا»

    Observe Witr prayer before it is morning. Abu Sa'id reported that they (the Prophet's Companions) asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Witr (prayer). (In reply to their inquiry) he said: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning. (Using translation from Muslim 754a)

81. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1124Sahih

    «بَادِرُوا بِالْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ»

    ✧ The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the Witr (odd) prayer before dawn." Sahih (authentic).

82. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1125Sahih

    «مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الصُّبْحَ وَلَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَا وِتْرَ لَهُ»

    ✧ The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Whoever experiences dawn and does not perform the Witr prayer, there is no Witr prayer for them."

83. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1126Sahih

    أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى اللَّيْلَ فَلْيَجْعَلْ آخِرَ صَلَاتِهِ وِتْرًا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْفَجْرُ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ كُلُّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَالْوِتْرُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ» صحيح

    ✧ Ibn Umar used to say: "Whoever prays at night, let him make the Witr prayer his last prayer. For the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that. So, when it is dawn, the night prayer and the Witr are gone. For the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Perform the Witr prayer before dawn.'" (Sahih)

84. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1127Sahih

    «مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ وِتْرِهِ أَوْ نَسِيَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّهِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَوْ ذَكَرَهُ»

    The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1431)

85. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1128Sahih

    «الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ»

    “Witr is Haqq. Whoever wishes let him pray Witr with five (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with three (Rak’ah), and whoever wishes let him pray Witr with one (Rak’ah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1190)