Sunan an-Nasa'i 1719
How to pray witr with seven
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أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَوْتَرَ بِتِسْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ لَمْ يَقْعُدْ إِلاَّ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَيَذْكُرُهُ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يَنْهَضُ وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي التَّاسِعَةَ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ ﷻ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً يُسْمِعُنَا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ وَضَعُفَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ لاَ يَقْعُدُ إِلاَّ فِي السَّادِسَةِ ثُمَّ يَنْهَضُ وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ فَيُصَلِّي السَّابِعَةَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ
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Chain of narrators
- Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá
- Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm
- Muʿādh b. Hishām
- my father
- Qatādah
- Zurārah b. Awfá
- Saʿd b. Hishām
- ʿĀʾishah
"My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Sa'd bin Hisham, that Aishah said: 'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed witr with nine rak'ahs, he did not sit until the eighth rak'ah. Then he would praise Allah (SWT) and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and he wouldn't say the taslim, then he prayed the ninth, then he sat and remembered Allah (SWT) and supplicated. Then he said a taslim that we could hear. Then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down. When he grew older and weaker, he prayed witr with seven rak'ahs and did not sit until the sixth. Then he got up and did not say the taslim, and prayed the seventh, then he said the taslim, then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting down.'"
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن النسائي, p. 1718 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
Other narrations of this report
Sahih Muslim 746cSunan Ibn Majah 1191Musnad Ahmad 24777Sahih Ibn Hibban 2642aSahih Ibn Hibban 2644al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8090
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 AH and 90 AHسَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 93 AH, or: 108 AH, also said: 106 AHزُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَىثقة ، عابدعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AHقَتَادَةَثقة ثبتعن
- Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AHأَبِيثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدرحدثني
- truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 200 AHمُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍصدوق ربما وهمحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهدحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 287 AH, or: 289 AHزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَىثقة حافظأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
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