Hadith 6685

Chapter 41

باب 41

(41) باب كَيْفَ الْوِتْرُ بِخَمْسٍ وَذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى الْحَكَمِ فِي حَدِيثِ الْوِتْرِ

(41) Chapter: How to pray witr with five rak'ahs, and the differences reported from Al-Hakam in the hadith about Witr (FR)
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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ وَلاَ يَجْلِسُ إِلاَّ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ .

Hisham bin Urwah narrated from his father, from Aishah, that:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray witr with five and he did not sit except in the last (rak'ah) of them. (FR)

Reference (FR): Sunan an-Nasa'i 1717 (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 20, Hadith 120 (FR)

English translation (FR): Vol. 2, Book 20, Hadith 1718 (FR)