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Sunan Ibn Majah 1175

What was narrated concerning Praying one Rak’ah for Witr

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ نِمْتُ قَالَ اجْعَلْ أَرَأَيْتَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ النَّجْمِ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا السِّمَاكُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib
  2. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād
  3. ʿĀṣim
  4. Abū Mijlaz
  5. Ibn ʿUmar
  6. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Night prayers are to be offered two by two, and Witr is one Rak’ah.’ I said: ‘What do you think if I become drowsy and I want to sleep?’ He said: ‘Put “what do you think” up there with that star? (i.e., don’t think about it at all).’ I raised my head and saw As- Simak. He repeated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Night prayers are to be offered two by two, and Witr is one Rak’ah, before dawn.’” Here, As-Simak refers to a star or stars, either Arcturus (As-Simak Ar-Ramih) or Spica, also called Alpha Virginis (As-Simak Al-A'zal).

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Zubair Ali ZaiSoundfawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
Muhammad Fuad Abd al-BaqiSahihfawazahmed0
Shuayb al-ArnautSahihfawazahmed0
al-AlbaniSahihfawazahmed0

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  1. 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. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 106 AH, also said: 109 AH
    أَبِي مِجْلَزٍثقة
    عن
  3. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 143 AH
    عَاصِمٌثقة
    حدثنا
  4. Trustworthy (thiqah); there is some criticism concerning his narrations from al-Aʿmash aloned. 176 AH, or 177 AH, or 179 AH
    عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍثقة ، في حديثه عن الأعمش وحده مقال
    حدثنا
  5. truthful (ṣadūq)d. 243 AH, or 244 AH
    مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِصدوق
    حدثنا
  6. one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
    ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd

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