300 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the witr prayer with nine surahs from the Mufassal section. Aswad said that in the first rakah he would recite Alhakum at-Takathur, Inna Anzalnahu fi Laylat al-Qadr, and Idha Zulzilat al-Ard. In the…
أحمد 678DaifSomeone asked Aisha, "With what surahs did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform the witr prayer?" She replied, "In the first rakah he would recite *'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High'* [Ala 87:1], in the second *'Say, O…
الترمذي 463DaifI asked Ayesha, Umm Muiminin, what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in his witr prayer. She replied, "In the first rakah he would recite *'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High'* [Ala 87:1], in the second *'Say, O…
أحمد 25906HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People of the Quran, perform the witr prayer, for Allah is One and loves what is odd-numbered."
أبو داود 1416DaifWhen you are told a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, assume of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what is most fitting, most pious, and most rightly guided. Ali came out to us when the caller announced the prayer and said, "Where is the one who…
أحمد 987SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People of the Quran, perform the witr prayer, for Allah [[r4]] is one and loves what is odd in number."
أحمد 877SahihI asked Jabir about a man who prays witr in the early evening and then goes to sleep. Jabir said, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Whoever among you fears he will not rise during the night, let him pray witr and then sleep. But whoever among…
أحمد 14745SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to perform the witr prayer at the time of the call to prayer and pray the two rakahs at the time of the iqamah.
أحمد 659DaifHe told me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has increased you by one prayer, which is the Witr, so pray it between the Isha prayer and the Fajr prayer." Abu Tamim said, Abu Dharr took me by the hand and walked with me through the mosque…
أحمد 23851SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon and asked, "How is the night prayer performed?" He replied, "Two units at a time. When you fear that dawn is approaching, pray a single unit as witr, which will make all that you…
البخاري 473SahihMy grandfather, or he said the Prophet ﷺ, taught me words to say during the witr prayer, and he then mentioned the hadith.
أحمد 1735DaifTake note that the witr prayer is not obligatory like your prescribed prayers, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed witr and then said, "Perform witr, people of the Quran, perform witr, for Allah is one and loves what is odd in number."…
أحمد 1262SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever among you fears that he will not be able to rise at night should perform the witr prayer before sleeping. But whoever is confident that he will rise should perform witr at the end of the night,…
أحمد 14624SahihIt is narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he used to recite Sabbih isma Rabbika al-Ala in the Witr prayer.
أحمد 15353SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever among you fears that he will not be able to rise at the end of the night should perform the witr prayer at the beginning of the night. As for recitation at the end of the night, it is witnessed, and…
أحمد 14381SahihI asked Ayesha, Umm Muiminin, with what surahs the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would perform the witr prayer. She mentioned the same meaning, saying that in the third rakah he would recite "Say, He is Allah, the One" along with the two surahs of…
أبو داود 1424DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be performed in pairs of two. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray one rakah as witr, and let the last of your prayers be witr."
الترمذي 437SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the witr prayer before dawn."
الترمذي 467SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the witr prayer at every part of the night, at its beginning, its middle, and finally his witr settled at the time before dawn.
ابن ماجه 1186HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People of the Quran, perform the Witr prayer, for Allah is one and loves what is odd in number."
الأعظمي 2786HasanThe Prophet ﷺ used to perform the witr prayer at the time of the call to prayer.
أحمد 929DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not pray witr with three rakahs. Pray witr with five or seven, and do not make it resemble the Maghrib prayer."
الأعظمي 2827SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to perform witr in three units, reciting nine surahs from the Mufassal section. In each unit he would recite three surahs, the last of them being "Say, He is Allah, the One."
الترمذي 459DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught him what to say in the witr prayer, and he then mentioned the same as the hadith of Yunus.
أحمد 1721SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Make the last of your night prayer the witr."
أحمد 5794SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is One and loves what is odd-numbered, so perform the Witr prayer, people of the Quran."
أحمد 1225SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is One and loves what is odd-numbered, so perform the Witr prayer, people of the Quran."
أحمد 1228SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Make the last of your night prayer the witr."
أحمد 6300SahihWhoever prays during the early part of the night should make the last of his prayers the witr, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to instruct this.
أحمد 4971SahihThe witr prayer is not strictly obligatory like the prescribed prayers, but it is a sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
النسائي 1677SahihWhoever prays during the night should make the last of his prayer the witr, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command this.
مسلم 1754SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be performed in pairs of two units. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray a single unit as witr, and make the last of your prayer the witr."
أحمد 6008SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the witr prayer before dawn."
الأعظمي 2804SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever among you fears that he will not wake up in the last part of the night, let him pray the witr at the beginning of the night and then sleep. And whoever among you hopes to wake up in the last part of…
أحمد 15179SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ would perform the witr prayer at the time of the call to prayer and pray the two rakahs of fajr at the time of the iqamah.
أحمد 764DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be performed in pairs of two, and the witr is a single rakah at the end of the night."
أحمد 4878SahihThe witr prayer is not obligatory like the prescribed prayers, but it is a sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
أحمد 927SahihThe witr prayer is not obligatory, nor is it like your prescribed prayers. However, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the witr and then said, "People of the Quran, perform the witr, for Allah is One and loves what is odd in number."
ابن ماجه 1169DaifShababa differed from them and narrated it from Shuba, from Qatada, from Zurara bin Awfa, from Imran bin Husayn, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the witr prayer with "Glorify the name of your Lord the Most High."
النسائي 1743SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the witr prayer before dawn."
أحمد 4952SahihI asked Ayesha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bathe from major ritual impurity at the beginning of the night or at the end of it?" She replied, "Sometimes he bathed at the beginning of the night, and sometimes he bathed at the end." I said,…
أحمد 24202SahihI asked Ibn Abbas about the witr prayer, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A single rakah at the end of the night.'" Then I asked Ibn Umar, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A single rakah at the end of…
أحمد 2836SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray during the night, and when he had performed his witr prayer, he would say, "Get up and pray your witr, Ayesha."
مسلم 1734SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The night prayer is two by two. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray a single rakah as witr, which will make all your prayers odd-numbered." Abdullah used to perform witr with a single rakah.
أحمد 6170SahihSomeone asked, "Do you consider the witr prayer a sunnah?" He replied, "What do you mean by sunnah? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the witr prayer, and the Muslims performed the witr prayer." The questioner said, "No, I mean is it a…
أحمد 4834SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be performed in pairs of two. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray a single rakah as witr."
أحمد 6355SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the witr prayer before dawn."
أحمد 4954SahihAli went out at the time when the call to the morning prayer was being repeated and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to perform the witr prayer, and this hour is well suited for it." Then he said, "Call the iqamah, Ibn…
أحمد 861DaifWhoever prays during the night should make the last of his prayer the witr, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command this.
النسائي 1683SahihTalq bin Ali visited us one day during Ramadan, spent the evening with us, and broke his fast at our home. He then led us in the night prayer and performed the witr with us. Afterward, he went down to his own mosque and led his companions…
الأعظمي 2791HasanThe Prophet ﷺ used to perform witr with a single rakah, and he would speak between the two rakahs and the single rakah.
الأعظمي 2824HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the witr prayer, then said, "People of the Quran, perform the witr prayer, for Allah [[r4]] is one and loves what is odd in number."
النسائي 1676DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be offered two units at a time. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray a single unit as witr."
النسائي 1672SahihAli bin Abu Talib [[r1]] came out to us while we were in the mosque and asked, "Where is the one who was asking about the witr prayer?" Anyone among us who was in the middle of a single rakah added another to it to make it even, and we…
أحمد 974DaifThe witr prayer is not obligatory like your prescribed prayers, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ established it as a sunnah and said, "Indeed, Allah is One and loves what is odd-numbered, so perform the witr, people of the Quran."
الترمذي 453DaifThe Prophet ﷺ performed witr with Surah *"Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High"* [Ala 87:1]. Abu Abdul-Rahman said, "I do not know of anyone who corroborated Shababa in this hadith. Yahya bin Saeed contradicted him."
النسائي 1744SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Hasten to perform the witr prayer before dawn."
أبو داود 1436SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah [[r4]] has increased a prayer for you, so pray it between the night prayer and the dawn prayer, the witr, the witr." This was reported by Abu Basra al-Ghifari. Abu Tamim said, I was sitting with Abu…
أحمد 27229SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The night prayer is to be offered two units at a time. When you fear the approach of dawn, pray a single unit as witr."
أحمد 4848SahihA man said to Ibn Umar, "Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, claims that the witr prayer is not obligatory." Ibn Umar replied, "A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the night prayer, and he said, 'The night prayer is offered…
أحمد 6258Sahih