Hadith on Witr

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Allah is single (witr) and loves what is single, so observe the witr, you who follow the Quran. ..

The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Abdullah (bin Masud) through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: A bedouin said: What are you saying ? He replied: This is neither for you, nor for your..

Narrated Kharijah ibn Hudhafah al-Adawi: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came out to us and said: Allah the Exalted has given you an extra prayer which is better for you then the red camels (i. e. high breed camels). This is the witr..

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: The witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the witr is..

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: Ibn Muhayriz said: A man from Banu Kinanah, named al-Makhdaji, heard a person called Abu Muhammad in Syria, saying: The witr is a duty (wajib). Al-Makhdaji said: So I went to Ubadah ibn as-Samit and informed him...

Ibn Umar said: A man who lived in the desert asked the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم about the prayer at night. He made a sing with his two fingers-in this way in pairs. The witr consists of one rak'ah towards the end in night. ..

Narrated Abu Ayyub al-Ansari: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: The witr is a duty for every Muslim so if anyone wishes to observe it with five rak'ahs, he may do so; if anyone wishes to observe it with three, he may do so, and if anyone..

Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe witr with (reciting) Glorify the name of thy Lord, the most High (Surah 87), Say O disbelievers (Surah 109), and Say, He is Allah, the One, Allah, the..

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Abdul Aziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aishah, mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Kab, No...

Narrated Al-Hasan ibn Ali: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم taught me some words that I say during the witr. (The version of Ibn Jawwas has: I say them in the supplication of the witr. ) They were: O Allah, guide me among those Thou..

The aforesaid tradition has been transmitted by Abu Ishaq with the same chain and to the same effect. In the last of this tradition he said: The version has the words: He would recite the supplication of the with. He did not mention the words: ..

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to say at the end of his witr: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thy mercy..

Muhammad reported on the authority of some of his teachers that Ubayy bin Kab led them in prayer during Ramadan. He used to recite the supplication (in the with) during the second half of Ramadan. ..

Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: Al-Hasan reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people (in tarawih prayer) behind Ubayy ibn Kab (who led them). He used to lead them for twenty days (during Ramadan, and would not recite the supplication except in the..

Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم offered salutation in the witr prayer, he said: Glorify be to the king most holy. ..

Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers. ..

Abu 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 not to sleep but after..

Abu 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 observe supererogatory prayer in..

Narrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم asked Umar: When do you observe the witr?..

Masruq said: I asked Aishah: When would the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم observe the witr prayer ? She replied: Any time he observed the witr, sometimes in the early hours of the night, sometimes at midnight and sometimes towards the..