Hadith on Witr

Narrated Ibn Umar: Once a person asked Allah's Apostle about the night prayer. Allah's Apostle replied, The night prayer is offered as two Rakat followed by two Rakat and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn (Fajr prayer) he..

Nafi' told that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rakat and (the third) odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the Rakat). ..

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once 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 slept till midnight or nearly so and woke up rubbing his face and recited ten..

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet 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..

Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle raised his head. He also used to..

Narrated Anas bin Seereen: I asked Ibn `Umar, What is your opinion about the two rak`at before the Fajr (compulsory) prayer, as to prolonging the recitation in them? He said, The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to pray at night two rak`at followed by..

Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle offered witr prayer at different nights at various hours extending (from the `Isha' prayer) up to the last hour of the night. ..

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer his night prayer while I was sleeping across in his bed. Whenever he intended to offer the witr prayer, he used to wake me up and I would offer the witr prayer too. ..

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, Make witr as your last prayer at night. ..

Narrated Sa`id bin Yasar: I was going to Mecca in the company of `Abdullah bin `Umar and when I apprehended the approaching dawn, I dismounted and offered the witr prayer and then joined him. `Abdullah bin `Umar said, Where have you been? I..

Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet used to offer (Nawafil) prayers on his Rahila (mount) facing its direction by signals, but not the compulsory prayer. He also used to pray witr on his (mount) Rahila. ..

Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: Anas was asked, Did the Prophet recite Qunut in the Fajr prayer? Anas replied in the affirmative. He was further asked, Did he recite Qunut before bowing? Anas replied, He recited Qunut after bowing for some..

Narrated `Asim: I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, Definitely it was (recited) . I asked, Before bowing or after it? Anas replied, Before bowing. I added, So and so has told me that you had informed him that it had..

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet recited Qunut for one month (in the Fajr prayer) asking Allah to punish the tribes of Ral and Dhakwan. ..

Narrated Anas: The Qunut used to be recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr prayers. ..