al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1130
Sufyan b. Uyaynah on Witr
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فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُسْتَمْلِي حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
«الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمِنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ».
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- my father
- Muḥammad b. Ḥassān al-Azraq
- Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah
- al-Zuhrī
- ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd
- Abū Ayyūb
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
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- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
صححه
machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu).
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 1134 - Dāraquṭnī
قوله واجب ليس بمحفوظ لا أعلم تابع ابن حسان عليه أحد
machine translationHis saying "binding (wājib)" is not preserved (maḥfūẓ); I do not know of anyone who corroborated Ibn Ḥassān in it.
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 1134
Other narrations of this report
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- One of the senior Companions.d. 50 AH. Or: 52 AH. Or: 55 AH, also said: 51 AH.أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّمن كبار الصحابة.عن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 105 AH, or 107 AHعَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَثقةعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AHسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقاتحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 257 AH or 250 AH, also said: 260 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْأَزْرَقُثقةحدثنا
- d. 323 AHأَبِيحدثني
- أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُسْتَمْلِيحدثنا
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHالحاكم
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