Those who prayed witr with three or more

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray nine rak'ahs of witr; when he grew older and became weak, he would pray seven rak'ahs of witr.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray thirteen rak'ahs of witr; when he grew older and became weak, he would pray seven rak'ahs.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray nine rak'ahs of witr; when he grew older and his body became heavy, he would pray seven rak'ahs of witr and pray two rak'ahs sitting.

Al-Hasan said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray nine rak'ahs of witr; when he grew older and his body became heavy, he would pray seven rak'ahs of witr and pray two rak'ahs sitting.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The witr is three rak'ahs, like the Maghrib prayer.

Ibrahim said: I mentioned to Sa'id bin Jubayr the statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The witr is seven or five, or else it is not less than three." Upon this Sa'id said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I dislike that three incomplete rak'ahs be prayed; rather, the witr should be seven or five rak'ahs.

Ibn al-Sabbaq said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) buried Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) at night, then entered the mosque and prayed three rak'ahs of witr.

Isma'il bin Zayd said: Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray five rak'ahs of witr and would not end with the salam in between them.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray three rak'ahs of witr.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs.

Urwah used to pray witr with five rak'ahs and did not give the salam in between them.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Do not pray an incomplete witr of three; rather, pray two or four rak'ahs before it.

Jabir bin Zayd said: Witr consists of three rak'ahs.

Alqamah said: Witr consists of three rak'ahs.

Makhul said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed witr with three rak'ahs and did not give the salam in between them.

Ibrahim al-Taymi said: The early generations used to dislike likening the witr prayer to Maghrib.

Ibrahim said: The early generations used to pray witr with eleven, nine, seven or five rak'ahs, and it used to be said: There is no witr of fewer than three rak'ahs.

Al-Hasan said: The people of Islam are agreed that witr is three rak'ahs, and the salam is given only at the end of them.

Sa'id bin Jubayr prayed witr with three rak'ahs and recited the qunut supplication in witr before bowing.

Makhul used to pray witr with three rak'ahs and gave the salam only at the end.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: In witr, the salam is not given after two rak'ahs.

Hammad said: Ibrahim forbade me from giving the salam after the two rak'ahs of witr.

Ziyad bin Abi Muslim said: I asked Abu al-Aliyah and Khilas about witr, and they said: Do in witr just as you do in Maghrib.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed witr with three rak'ahs and gave the salam only at the end of them.

Abu Ishaq said: The students of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and of Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) did not give the salam after the two rak'ahs of witr.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not give the salam after the two rak'ahs of witr.

Abu Salamah said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs at the end of the night.

Zadhan said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs at the end of the night, sitting.

Abu Ubaydah said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray witr with three rak'ahs at the end of the night, sitting.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pray witr with five rak'ahs; if you do not have the strength to pray five, then pray three; if you do not have the strength even for three, then pray one rak'ah; and if you do not have the strength even for that, then pray by gesturing."

Something similar is reported through another chain, but it is Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub's (may Allah be pleased with him) own statement.