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‏الصلاة (The Book of Prayer)
CHAPTER: NIGHT PRAYER CONSISTS OF PAIRS OF RAK'AHS AND WITR IS A RAK'AH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT  

No. 1632

Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about the night prayer. The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one of you fears morning is near, he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.

No. 1633

Salim reported on the authority of his father that a person asked the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about the night prayer. He said: It consists of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one fears morning is near, he should make it an odd number by praying one rak'ah.

No. 1634

'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported: A man stood up and said. Messenger of Allaah, how is the night prayer? The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The night prayer consists of pair, but if you apprehend the rise of dawn, make it odd number by observing one rak'ah.

No. 1635

'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported: A person asked the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as I stood between him (the Prophet) and the inquirer and he said: Messenger of Allaah, how is the night prayer? He (the Prophet) said: It consists of pairs of rak'ahs, but if you apprehend morning, you should pray one rak'ah and make the end of your prayer as Witr. Then a person asked him (the Prophet) at the end of the year and I was at that place near the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ; but I do not know whether he was the same person or another person, but he (the Prophet) gave him the same reply.

No. 1636

This hadith his been narrated by Ibn 'Umar by another chain of trans- mitters but it does not have these words:" Then a person asked him at the end of the year," and what follows subsequently.

No. 1637

Ibn 'Umar reported the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as say- ing: Hasten to pray Witr before morning.

No. 1638

Ibn 'Umar said: He who prayed at night should make Witr the end of his prayer, for the Messenger of Allaah (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered this.

No. 1639

Ibn 'Umar reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Make Witr the end of your night prayer.

No. 1640

Nafi' reported Ibn 'Umar as saying: He who observed the night prayer should make Witr the end of his prayer before dawn. The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to order them thus.

No. 1641

Ibn 'Umar reported Allaah's Messenger (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the prayer.

No. 1642

Ibn Umar reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.

No. 1643

Abu Mijlaz reported: I asked Ibn 'Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: It is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.

No. 1644

Ibn 'Umar reported: A person called (the attention) of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as he was in the mosque, and said: Messenger of Allaah, how should I make the rak'ahs of the night prayer an odd number? Upon this the Messenger of Allaah (way peace he upon him) said: He who prays (night prayer) he should observe it in pairs, but if he apprehends the rise of morning, he should observe one rak'ah; that would make the number odd (for the rak'ahs) observed by him. This was narrated by Abd Kuraib 'Ubaidullah b. 'Abdullah and Ibn 'Umar did not make mention of it.

No. 1645

Anas b. Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar to tell me about the practice of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in regard to two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer: Should I make lengthy recitation in them? He said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to observe, the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah. I said: I am not asking you about it. He said: You are a bulky man, will you not show me the patience to narrate to you the hadith completely? The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to observe the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah, and then he observed two rak'ahs before dawn quite close to the call for prayer (Khalaf said:" Did you see [yourself the Prophet observing] the two rak'ahs before the dawn?" and he made no mention of prayer.)

No. 1646

Anas b. Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar like this (as recorded in the previous hadith) and he made this addition:" And he (the Prophet) made the end of the night prayer as odd number by one rak'ah." And there is also (this addition):" Stop, stop, you are bulky."

No. 1647

Ibn 'Umar reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rak'ah. It was said to Ibn 'Umar: What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rak'ahs.

No. 1648

Abu Sa'id (al Khudri) reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning. Abu Sa'id reported that they (the Prophet's Companions) asked the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about Witr (prayer). (In reply to their inquiry) he said: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning.

No. 1649

Abu Sa'id reported that they (some of the Companions) of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) asked the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about Witr. He said: Observe Witr before morning.




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