Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

باب فِي الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ

Chapter: Praying With Witr Before Sleeping.

3 hadith · references 1432–1434

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Abu Dawud · 1432أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ فِي سَفَرٍ وَلَا حَضَرٍ : رَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى ، وَصَوْمِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ، وَأَنْ لَا أَنَامَ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍAbu Hurairah said: My friend (i. e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices that I do not leave while traveling nor while resident, to pray two rak'ahs in the forenoon, to fast three days every month and no6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1433أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ لِشَيْءٍ : أَوْصَانِي بِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ، وَلَا أَنَامُ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍ ، وَبِسُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فِي الْحَضَAbu Al-Darda said: My friend (i. e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices which I never leave: he instructed me to fast three days every month, and not to sleep but after observing the with, and to observ6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1434حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ Narrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet ﷺ asked Abu Bakr: When do you observe the witr? He replied: I observe the witr prayer in the early hours of the night. The Prophet ﷺ asked Umar: When do you observe the witr? He replied:6 narrators