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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1713

Mentioning the different narrations from Az-Zuhri, for the hadith of Abu Ayyub concerning Witr

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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

مَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْمَأَ إِيمَاءً

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn Qirāʾah ʿAlayh
  2. Asmaʿ
  3. Sufyān
  4. al-Zuhrī
  5. ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd
  6. Abū Ayyūb

"Whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with five (rak'ahs) let him do so, and whoever wants to pray witr with three rak'ahs, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one rak'ah, let him do so, and wants to do so gesturing, let him do so.'"

Grades by grader

Zubair Ali ZaiSoundAnother source records this grader as “Hasan” (fawazahmed0).hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
Abu GhuddahSahih Isnaadfawazahmed0
al-AlbaniSahih Isnaadfawazahmed0

Narrators

  1. الحارث بن مسكين الأموي
  2. سفيان بن عيينة الهلالي
  3. محمد بن شهاب الزهري
  4. عطاء بن يزيد الجندعي
  5. أبو أيوب الأنصاري