سنن أبي داود

Hadith 1351

Book 11: Prayer (Abwab Qiyam ul Lail)

أبواب قيام الليل

Chapter 27

Chapter: On The Night Prayer.

باب فِي صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ

English narration

Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Narrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe the witr prayer with nine rak'ahs. Then he used to pray seven rak'ahs (of witr prayer). He would pray two rak'ahs sitting after the witr in which he would recite the Quran (sitting). When he wished to bow, he stood up and bowed and prostrated. Abu Dawud said: These two traditions have been transmitted by Khalid bin Abdullah al-Wasiti. In his version he said: Alqamah bin Waqqas said: O mother, how did he pray the two rak'ahs ? He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "

كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ

" . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَى هَذينِ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو مِثْلَهُ ، قَالَ فِيهِ : قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَقَّاصٍ : يَا أُمَّتَاهُ ، كَيْفَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ؟ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1351In-book: Book 11, Hadith 1351

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