Sahih Muslim 742

Night prayers and the number of rakʿah offered by the Prophet ﷺ at night, and that Witr is one rakʿah, and a one-rakʿah prayer is correct

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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا أَلْفَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّحَرُ الأَعْلَى فِي بَيْتِي أَوْ عِنْدِي إِلاَّ نَائِمًا

Translation

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Never did the earlier part of the dawn find the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but sleeping in my house or near me.

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ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq
Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
عن
Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
أَبِي سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثر
عن
Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf
He was trustworthy (thiqah), virtuous, and devout.d. 125 AH or 126 AH or 127 AH or 128 AH or 130 AH
سَعْدٍوكان ثقة فاضلا عابدا
عن
Mis'ar
Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said: 153 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said: 155 AH
مِسْعَرٍثقة ثبت فاضل
عن
Muḥammad b. Bishr
trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 203 AH
ابْنُ بِشْرٍثقة حافظ
أخبرنا
Abū Kurayb
trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 248 AH. Also said: 247 AH, which is a mistake
أَبُو كُرَيْبٍثقة حافظ
حدثنا
Muslim
Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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