سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب تفريع أبواب الوترPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
باب الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِChapter: The Qunut During Witr.
Hadith 1429
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَلَا يَقْنُتُ بِهِمْ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ الْبَاقِي ، فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ تَخَلَّفَ فَصَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ : أَبَقَ أُبَيٌّ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الَّذِي ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُنُوتِ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ ، وَهَذَانِ الْحَدِيثَانِ يَدُلَّانِ عَلَى ضَعْفِ حَدِيثِ أُبَيٍّ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَنَتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ " .
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 second half of it (i. e. Ramadan). When the last ten days remained, he kept away from them, and prayed in his house. They used to say: Ubayy ran away. Abu Dawud said: This tradition shows that whatever has been reported about the recitation of the supplication is not tenable. Moreover, these two traditions from Ubayy bin Kab indicate that another tradition which tells that the Prophet ﷺ recited the supplication in the witr is weak.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
“Twenty nights of prayer”
“. . . It is narrated from Hasan al-Basri that Umar ibn al-Khattab radi Allahu anhu gathered the people behind Ubayy ibn Ka‘b radi Allahu anhu, and he used to lead them in prayer (Tarawih) for twenty nights. . .” [سنن ابي داود/كتاب تفريع أبواب الوتر / باب الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ/ ح: 1429]
Benefits and Issues
SA Isma‘il Jhangvi writes:
“The Ahl al-Sunnah do not hold less than twenty Tarawih (units).”
[تحفهٔ اهل حديث ص ۵۴] EA SB7 Commentary:7
Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-‘Arabi al-Maliki (d. 543 AH) states:
“And the correct view is that eleven rak‘ahs should be performed.”
[عارضة الاحوذي ۴/۱۹ ح ۸۰۶، تعداد ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان كا تحقيقي جائزه ص ۸۶]
Was Qadi Sahib outside of Ahl al-Sunnah?
‘Allamah Qurtubi (d. 656 AH) writes:
“And many scholars say that it is eleven rak‘ahs.”
[المفهم من تلخيص كتاب مسلم ۲/۳۹۰، تعدادِ ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان ص ۸۶]
Imam al-Shafi‘i rahimahullah said:
“If the rak‘ahs are fewer and the standing (qiyam) is longer, that is better, and that is more preferable to me…”
[مختصر قيام الليل للمروزي ص ۲۰۲، ۲۰۳، تعدادِ ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان ص ۸۵]
Were all these outside of Ahl al-Sunnah?
“. . . It is narrated from Hasan al-Basri that Umar ibn al-Khattab radi Allahu anhu gathered the people behind Ubayy ibn Ka‘b radi Allahu anhu, and he used to lead them in prayer (Tarawih) for twenty nights. . .” [سنن ابي داود/كتاب تفريع أبواب الوتر / باب الْقُنُوتِ فِي الْوِتْرِ/ ح: 1429]
Benefits and Issues
SA Isma‘il Jhangvi writes:
“The Ahl al-Sunnah do not hold less than twenty Tarawih (units).”
[تحفهٔ اهل حديث ص ۵۴] EA SB7 Commentary:7
Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-‘Arabi al-Maliki (d. 543 AH) states:
“And the correct view is that eleven rak‘ahs should be performed.”
[عارضة الاحوذي ۴/۱۹ ح ۸۰۶، تعداد ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان كا تحقيقي جائزه ص ۸۶]
Was Qadi Sahib outside of Ahl al-Sunnah?
‘Allamah Qurtubi (d. 656 AH) writes:
“And many scholars say that it is eleven rak‘ahs.”
[المفهم من تلخيص كتاب مسلم ۲/۳۹۰، تعدادِ ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان ص ۸۶]
Imam al-Shafi‘i rahimahullah said:
“If the rak‘ahs are fewer and the standing (qiyam) is longer, that is better, and that is more preferable to me…”
[مختصر قيام الليل للمروزي ص ۲۰۲، ۲۰۳، تعدادِ ركعاتِ قيام ر مضان ص ۸۵]
Were all these outside of Ahl al-Sunnah?
Source: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah: Commentary by Muhammad Farooq Rafee
