Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 8

كتاب تفريع أبواب الوتر

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

139 hadith · 32 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْوِتْرِChapter: The Recommendation To Pray Witr.2باب فِيمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْChapter: Concerning One Who Does Not Pray Witr.3باب كَمِ الْوِتْرُChapter: How Many (Rak’ahs) Is Witr?4باب مَا يُقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِChapter: What Should Be Recited In Witr.5باب الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِChapter: The Qunut During Witr.6باب فِي الدُّعَاءِ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِChapter: Supplicating After Witr.7باب فِي الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِChapter: Praying With Witr Before Sleeping.8باب فِي وَقْتِ الْوِتْرِChapter: The Time Of The Witr Prayer.9باب فِي نَقْضِ الْوِتْرِChapter: Regarding The Cancellation Of Witr.10باب الْقُنُوتِ فِي الصَّلَوَاتِChapter: The Qunut In The (Other) Prayers.11باب فِي فَضْلِ التَّطَوُّعِ فِي الْبَيْتِChapter: The Virtue Of Offering Voluntary Prayers At Home.12بابChapter: Long Standing During Prayer.13باب الْحَثِّ عَلَى قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِChapter: Encouragement To Pray The Night Prayer.14باب فِي ثَوَابِ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِChapter: Regarding The Rewards For Reciting The Qur’an.15باب فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِChapter: Fatihatil-Kitab (The Opening Of The Book).16باب مَنْ قَالَ هِيَ مِنَ الطُّوَلِChapter: Whoever Said That It (The Fatihah) Is From The ’Long’ Surahs.17باب مَا جَاءَ فِي آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّChapter: What Has Been Narrated About Ayat al-Kursi (The Verse Of The Footstool).18باب فِي سُورَةِ الصَّمَدِChapter: Regarding Surat As-Samad (Al-Ikhlas).19باب فِي الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِChapter: Regarding The Mu’awwidhatain.20باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّرْتِيلِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِChapter: How It Is Recommended To Recite (The Qur’an) With Tartil.21باب التَّشْدِيدِ فِيمَنْ حَفِظَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ نَسِيَهُChapter: Severe Reprimand For Whoever Memorized The Qur’an And Then Forgot It.22باب أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍChapter: ’Allah Revealed The Qur’an According To Seven Ahruf’.23باب الدُّعَاءِChapter: Regarding Supplication (Ad-Du’a).24باب التَّسْبِيحِ بِالْحَصَىChapter: At-Tasbih (Glorifying Allah) Using Pebbles.25باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا سَلَّمَChapter: What A Person Should Say When He Says The Taslim.26باب فِي الاِسْتِغْفَارِChapter: About Seeking Forgiveness.27باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِChapter: The Prohibition Of A Person Supplicating Against His Family And Wealth.28باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلمChapter: Sending Salat Upon Other Than The Prophet (saws).29باب الدُّعَاءِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِChapter: Supplicating For One In His Absence.30باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا خَافَ قَوْمًاChapter: What Should One Say When He Is Afraid Of A People?31باب فِي الاِسْتِخَارَةِChapter: Regarding Istikharah.32باب فِي الاِسْتِعَاذَةِChapter: Regarding Seeking Refuge.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 1416يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ ، أَوْتِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah is single (witr) and loves what is single, so observe the witr, you who follow the Quran.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1417حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الْأَبَّارُ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ،عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَThe above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Abdullah (bin Masud) through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: A bedouin said: What are you saying ? He replied: This is neither6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1418إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِصَلَاةٍ وَهِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ ، وَهِيَ الْوِتْرُ ، فَجَعَلَهَا لَكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِNarrated Kharijah ibn Hudhafah al-Adawi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and said: Allah the Exalted has given you an extra prayer which is better for you then the red camels (i. e. high breed camels). This is th7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1419الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا ، الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا ، الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّاNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1420خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ كَتَبَهُنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ، فَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِنَّ لَمْ يُضَيِّعْ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا اسْتِخْفَافًا بِحَقِّهِنَّ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَهْدٌ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِNarrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: Ibn Muhayriz said: A man from Banu Kinanah, named al-Makhdaji, heard a person called Abu Muhammad in Syria, saying: The witr is a duty (wajib). Al-Makhdaji said: So I went to Ubadah ibn as-S6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1421مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِIbn Umar said: A man who lived in the desert asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prayer at night. He made a sing with his two fingers-in this way in pairs. The witr consists of one rak'ah towards the end in night.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1422الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِخَمْسٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْ ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِثَلَاثٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْ ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْNarrated Abu Ayyub al-Ansari: The Prophet ﷺ said: The witr is a duty for every Muslim so if anyone wishes to observe it with five rak'ahs, he may do so; if anyone wishes to observe it with three, he may do so, and if any6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1423حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ الْأَبَّارُ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ،عَنْ طَلْحَةَ ،Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe witr with (reciting) "Glorify the name of thy Lord, the most High" (Surah 87), "Say O disbelievers" (Surah 109), and "Say, He is Allah, the One, Allah, the10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1424وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ و الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Abdul Aziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aishah, mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Kab,5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1425اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَاNarrated Al-Hasan ibn Ali: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me some words that I say during the witr. (The version of Ibn Jawwas has: I say them in the supplication of the witr. ) They were: "O Allah, guide me among those7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1426حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، قَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ ، قَالَ : هَذَا يَقُولُ فِي الْوِتْرِ فِي الْقُنُوتِ ، وَلَThe aforesaid tradition has been transmitted by Abu Ishaq with the same chain and to the same effect. In the last of this tradition he said: The version has the words: "He would recite the supplication of the with. " He 3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1427اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سُخْطِكَ ، وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say at the end of his witr: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thy m5 narrators