al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 449
✧ al-Witr with Seven
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أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَلَمَّا ضَعُفَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»
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Chain of narrators
- Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sijistānī
- Isḥāq
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq
- Maʿmar
- Qatādah
- al-Ḥasan
- Saʿd b. Hishām
- ʿĀʾishah
- Samiʿahā
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray witr with nine rak'ahs, then he would pray two rak'ahs sitting down. When he grew weaker he prayed witr with seven rak'ahs, then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1722)
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