English narration
Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق
Abdullah bin Abu Qais said: I asked Aishah about the witr observes by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: Sometime he observed the witr prayer in the early hours of the night, sometimes he observed it at the end of it. I asked: How did he recite the Quran ? Did he recite the Quran quietly or loudly ? She replied: He did it in any way. Sometimes he recited quietly and sometimes loudly, sometimes he took bath and then slept and sometimes he performed ablution and then slept. Abu Dawud said: The narrators other than Qutaibah said: This refer to his bath due to sexual defilement.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ وِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَتْ : "
رُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ ، وَرُبَّمَا أَوْتَرَ مِنْ آخِرِهِ
" قُلْتُ : كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَتُهُ ، أَكَانَ يُسِرُّ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ أَمْ يَجْهَرُ ؟ قَالَتْ : " كُلَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا أَسَرَّ ، وَرُبَّمَا جَهَرَ ، وَرُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ ، وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وقَالَ غَيْرُ قُتَيْبَةَ : تَعْنِي فِي الْجَنَابَةِ .