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اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاBook of Travelers’ Prayer and its Shortening
باب صلاة الليل وعدد ركعات النبي صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم في الليل وأن الوتر ركعة، وأن الركعة صلاة صحيحةNight Prayer and Number of Prophet’s Night Rak‘ahs; Witr is One
Hadith 427
اُردوEn
427 صحيح حديث عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً؛ مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ، وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ
Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs at night; the witr and the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr were included in them.
Brief Explanation
Including the witr, that is, he would perform ten rak‘ahs of tahajjud in sets of two. Then, by performing one rak‘ah, he would make all of them odd (witr). Thus, these eleven rak‘ahs were for tahajjud and witr. Then, by adding the two sunnah rak‘ahs of Fajr, the total became thirteen rak‘ahs. (Raaz)
