Jami' at-Tirmidhi 460

Translation

"Messenger of Allah would perform Al-Witr with three, reciting nine Surah from the Mufassal in them, reciting three Surah in each Rak'ah with Say: "Allah is One." At the end of them."Muhammad bin Sirin said: "They would perform Al-Witr with five, with three, and with one Rak'ah, and they considered all of that to be good."

Notes

• قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبْزَى عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَيُرْوَى أَيْضًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَكَذَا رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ عَنْ أُبَىٍّ وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أُبَىٍّ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا وَرَأَوْا أَنْ يُوتِرَ الرَّجُلُ بِثَلاَثٍ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِخَمْسٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِرَكْعَةٍ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَالَّذِي أَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ أُوتِرَ بِثَلاَثِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَانُوا يُوتِرُونَ بِخَمْسٍ وَبِثَلاَثٍ وَبِرَكْعَةٍ وَيَرَوْنَ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ حَسَنًا

  machine translationHe said: On this topic there are narrations from ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn, ʿĀʾishah, Ibn ʿAbbās, and Abū Ayyūb, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abzā from Ubayy b. Kaʿb. It is also narrated from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abzā from the Prophet ﷺ. Some of them narrated it this way and did not mention in it "from Ubayy", while some of them mentioned it from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abzā from Ubayy. Abū ʿĪsā said: A group of the people of knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others held this view, and they considered that a man should pray Witr with three. Sufyān said: If you wish, pray Witr with five; if you wish, pray Witr with three; and if you wish, pray Witr with one rakʿah. Sufyān said: What I prefer is to pray Witr with three rakʿahs. This is the opinion of Ibn al-Mubārak and the people of Kūfah. Saʿīd b. Yaʿqūb al-Ṭālaqānī narrated to us: Ḥammād b. Zayd narrated to us, from Hishām, from Muḥammad b. Sīrīn, who said: They used to pray Witr with five, with three, and with one rakʿah, and they considered all of that good. Report a problem

• قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا وَرَأَوْا أَنْ يُوتِرَ الرَّجُلُ بِثَلاَثٍ. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِخَمْسٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَوْتَرْتَ بِرَكْعَةٍ. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَالَّذِي أَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ أُوتِرَ بِثَلاَثِ رَكَعَاتٍ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ. حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَانُوا يُوتِرُونَ بِخَمْسٍ وَبِثَلاَثٍ وَبِرَكْعَةٍ وَيَرَوْنَ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ حَسَنًا.

  machine translationAbū ʿĪsā said: A group of the people of knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others held this view, and they considered that a man should pray Witr with three. Sufyān said: If you wish, pray Witr with five; if you wish, pray Witr with three; and if you wish, pray Witr with one rakʿah. Sufyān said: What I prefer is to pray Witr with three rakʿahs. This is the opinion of Ibn al-Mubārak and the people of Kūfah. Saʿīd b. Yaʿqūb al-Ṭālaqānī narrated to us: Ḥammād b. Zayd narrated to us, from Hishām, from Muḥammad b. Sīrīn, who said: They used to pray Witr with five, with three, and with one rakʿah, and they considered all of that good. Report a problem

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Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

   One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرة
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar

   al-Shaʿbī called him a liar in his opinions, and he was accused of Rāfiḍism, and there is weakness in his hadithd. 65 AH
   الْحَارِثِكذبه الشعبي في رأيه ورمي بالرفض ، وفي حديثه ضعف
   عن
3. 3
   Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AH
   أَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخره
   عن
4. 4
   Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and devout, except that his memory deteriorated when he grew old; his book is sound (ṣaḥīḥ).d. 192 AH, or: 193 AH, or: 194 AH
   أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍثقة عابد ، إلا أنه لما كبر ساء حفظه ، وكتابه صحيح
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Hannād

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 243 AH
   هَنَّادٌثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1281