الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الليل والوترChapters on Night Prayer and Witr
بَابُ حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّهَا ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ غَيْرُ الْوِتْرِ
Chapter on the Evidence of Those Who Say It Is Eight Units Excluding Witr
Hadith 2244
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّمَا أَفْضَلُ؟ الْصَّلَاةُ فِي بَيْتِي أَوِ الْصَّلَاةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أَلَا تَرَى إِلَى بَيْتِي؟ مَا أَقْرَبَهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ! فَلَأَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَلَاةً مَكْتُوبَةً)) (سنن ابن ماجة: 1378)
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Is it better for me to pray at home or in the mosque? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you not see my house? It is very close to the mosque, but still, praying at home is more beloved to me than praying in the mosque, except for the obligatory prayer (which should be performed in the mosque).
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! عَمِلْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَمَلًا، قَالَ: ((مَا هُوَ؟)) قَالَ: نِسْوَةٌ مَعِيَ فِي الدَّارِ قُلْنَ لِي: إِنَّكَ تَقْرَأُ وَلَا نَقْرَأُ، فَصَلِّ بِنَا، فَصَلَّيْتُ ثَمَانِيًا وَالْوِتْرَ، قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّ سُكُوتَهُ رِضًا بِمَا كَانَ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I performed an action last night. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What action was that? He said: There were some women with me at home, they said to me: You recite the Qur'an and we do not, so lead us in prayer. Thus, I led them in eight rak'ahs and witr. In response, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. They say: We considered the silence of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a sign of his approval.
Hadith 2245
عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَتْ: مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَزِيدُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَلَا فِي غَيْرِهِ عَلَى إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْ حُسْنِهِنَّ وَطُولِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثًا، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! تَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوْتِرَ؟ قَالَ: ((يَا عَائِشَةُ! إِنَّهُ أَوْ إِنِّي تَنَامُ عَيْنَايَ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبِي))
Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman bin Awf says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Ramadan. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray more than eleven rak‘ahs in Ramadan or outside of Ramadan. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray four rak‘ahs, so do not ask about their beauty and length, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray four rak‘ahs, so do not ask about their beauty and length, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray three rak‘ahs. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I said: O Messenger of Allah! Do you sleep before praying Witr? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Aisha! Indeed, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep.
Hadith 2246
وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: أَيُّ أُمَّاهْ! أَخْبِرِينِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَغَيْرِهِ سَوَاءً، ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِيهَا رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ، قُلْتُ: فَأَخْبِرِينِي عَنْ صِيَامِهِ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ صَامَ شَهْرًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ فِي شَعْبَانَ كَانَ يَصُومُهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): Mother! Tell me about the prayer of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: Whether it was Ramadan or other than Ramadan, the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to be thirteen rak‘ahs, among which two rak‘ahs were the Sunnah of Fajr. I said: Tell me about the fasts of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast continuously until we would say that now he will always fast, but then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave off fasting (in succession) until we would say that now he will abandon fasting. And I did not see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasting in any month as much as he fasted in Sha‘ban. Rather, it should be said that he fasted the whole of Sha‘ban, except for a few days.
