al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 775
✧ The witr prayer
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وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ:
إِنَّ الْأَكْيَاسَ الَّذِينَ يُوتِرُونَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ، وَالْأَقْوِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ يُوتِرُونَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Musaddad
- Hushaym
- Mughīrah
- Ibrāhīm
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
✧ The clever ones are those who pray witr at the beginning of the night, and the strong ones are those who pray witr at the end of the night.
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Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 223Musnad Ahmad 25331Musnad Ahmad 25693Musnad Ahmad 4860Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 294al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 543
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبقال
- Trustworthy (thiqah), except that he often narrates with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 AHإِبْرَاهِيمَثقة إلا أنه يرسل كثيراعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah) and meticulous (mutqin), except that he used to practise concealment (tadlīs), especially from Ibrāhīmd. 132 AH, or: 133 AH, or: 134 AH, or: 136 AHمُغِيرَةَثقة متقن إلا أنه كان يدلس ولا سيما عن إبراهيمعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AHهُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفيحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 228 AHمُسَدَّدٌثقة حافظ
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