Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Witr.
1- بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْوِتْرِ:
(1) Chapter. What is said regarding the Witr prayer.
5 hadith · references 990–994
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Bukhari · 990صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، فَإِذَا خَشِيَ أَحَدُكُمُ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً تُوتِرُ لَهُ مَا قَدْ صَلَّىNafi' told that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rak'at and (the third) odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the Rak'at).5 narratorsBukhari · 991وَعَنْ نَافِعٍ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ بَيْنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْوِتْرِ حَتَّى يَأْمُرَ بِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ .Nafi' told that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rak'at and (the third) odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the Rak'at).2 narratorsBukhari · 992ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي ، فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَهُ ، فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبهِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلOnce I passed the night in the house of Maimuna (his aunt). I slept across the bed while Allah's Apostle and his wife slept length-wise. The Prophet (ﷺ) slept till midnight or nearly so and woke up rubbing his face and r5 narratorsBukhari · 993صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَنْصَرِفَ فَارْكَعْ رَكْعَةً تُوتِرُ لَكَ مَا صَلَّيْتَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Night prayer is offered as two rak'at followed by two rak'at and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one rak'a which will be witr for all the previous rak'at." Al-Qasim said, "Since we a6 narratorsBukhari · 994أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ، كَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلَاتَهُ تَعْنِي بِاللَّيْلِ فَيَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak`at at night and that was his night prayer and each of his prostrations lasted for a period enough for one of you to recite fifty verses before Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) raised hi5 narrators