الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الليل والوترChapters on Night Prayer and Witr
بَابُ الْوِتْرِ بِرَكْعَةٍ وَبِثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسٍ وَسَبْعٍ وَتِسْعٍ بِسَلَامٍ وَاحِدٍ وَمَا يَتَقَدَّمُهَا مِنَ الشَّفْعِ
Chapter on Witr with One, Three, Five, Seven, or Nine Units with One Salam, and What Precedes It of Even Units
Hadith 2200
عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ (رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ يُوْتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَتُوْتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ لَا تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((الَّذِي لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يُوْتِرَ حَازِمٌ))
Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman narrates that Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to perform the ‘Isha prayer in the Prophet’s Mosque and after that would perform only one rak‘ah of Witr, not offering any additional voluntary prayers. Someone said to him: O Abu Ishaq! Do you perform only one rak‘ah and nothing more? He replied: Yes, and I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever sleeps after performing Witr is cautious.
Hadith 2201
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! كَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ؟ قَالَ: ((يُصَلِّي أَحَدُكُمْ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيَ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى وَاحِدَةً فَأَوْتَرَتْ لَهُ مَا قَدْ صَلَّى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! How do you command us to pray at night? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person should keep praying two rak‘ahs at a time; when he fears that dawn is about to break, he should pray one rak‘ah. This one rak‘ah will make the number of rak‘ahs he has prayed during the night odd.
Hadith 2202
((وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) بِنَحْوِهِ) وَفِيهِ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ وَالنَّهَارِ) مَثْنَى مَثْنَى تُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَةً تُوْتِرُ لَكَ مَا قَبْلَهَا
(Second chain of narration) In this, the detail is: The prayer of the night and day is in sets of two rak‘ahs, so after every two rak‘ahs, keep saying salam. But when you fear the approach of dawn, then pray one rak‘ah; it will make all your previous prayers odd (witr) for you.
Hadith 2203
عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ))، وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ))
Abu Majliz says: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) about Witr, so he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: There is one rak'ah in the last part of the night. Then I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), so he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is one rak'ah in the last part of the night.
Hadith 2204
عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أَوْتِرْ بِخَمْسٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَبِثَلَاثٍ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَبِوَاحِدَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَأَوْمِئْ إِيمَاءً))
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then offer five rak‘ahs of Witr, if you do not have the strength for that, then offer three, if you are not able to do even that, then offer one, and if you do not have the ability for even that, then perform it by making gestures.
Hadith 2205
عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِّي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَأَرْمُقَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ، فَتَوَسَّدْتُ عَتَبَتَهُ أَوْ فُسْطَاطَهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ دُونَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: Tonight I will definitely watch the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. So I made his doorstep or the tent my pillow and began to watch. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed two light rak‘ahs, then performed two long rak‘ahs, then performed two rak‘ahs, but they were less than the previous ones, then performed two rak‘ahs, but they were less than the previous two, then performed two rak‘ahs, these were also less than the two before them, then performed witr. In this way, these became a total of thirteen rak‘ahs.
