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Hadith 389
أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ.
Narrated by Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she states that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) performed Witr in every part of the night, and in the latter part of his life, his Witr would (usually) end at the time of Sahar (pre-dawn).
Hadith 390
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسِ رَكَعَاتٍ، لَا يَجْلِسُ وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ إِلَّا فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْهُنَّ.
Narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray five rak'ahs of Witr, sitting for Tashahhud only in the last rak'ah, and then he would say the Salam.
Hadith 391
أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ: أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ.
It is narrated from Ibn Shihab that Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to perform one rak'ah of Witr.
Hadith 392
أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ بِمَكَّةَ وَالسَّمَاءُ مُتَغَيِّمَةٌ، فَخَشِيَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ الصُّبْحَ، فَأَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ تَكَشَّفَ الْغَيْمُ، فَرَأَى عَلَيْهِ لَيْلًا فَشَفَعَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ.
It is narrated from Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) who states: I was with Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Makkah and there were clouds covering the sky. Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) feared that true dawn had appeared, so he performed one rak'ah of witr. Then the clouds cleared, and he saw that it was still night, so he made it even by performing another rak'ah.
Hadith 393
أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ بَيْنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْوِتْرِ حَتَّى يَأْمُرَ بِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ.
It is narrated from Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), when he performed three rak'ahs of Witr, would say salam after two rak'ahs and then would even engage in conversation if needed.
Hadith 394
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ كُرَيْبًا مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّهُ رَأَى مُعَاوِيَةَ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ بِرَكْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَيْهَا، فَأَخْبَرَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقَالَ: أَصَابَ، أَيْ بُنَيَّ، لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ أَوْ خَمْسٌ أَوْ سَبْعٌ، إِلَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، الْوِتْرُ مَا شَاءَ.
Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), narrates that he saw Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) perform the Isha prayer, and then he did not pray anything except one rak'ah of Witr. Kuraib (may Allah have mercy on him) related this to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), so he said: "He has spoken the truth. O son! None of us knows more about this matter than Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). This Witr can be one, or five, or more than seven. One may pray as many as he wishes."
Hadith 395
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ، عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ التَّيْمِيَّ عَنْ صَلَاةِ طَلْحَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَأَغْلِبَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى الْمَقَامِ، فَقُمْتُ فَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ يَزْحَمُنِي مُتَقَنِّعًا فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا عُثْمَانُ قَالَ: فَتَأَخَّرْتُ عَنْهُ فَصَلَّى فَإِذَا هُوَ يَسْجُدُ سُجُودَ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى إِذَا قُلْتُ: هَذِهِ هَوَادِي الْفَجْرِ فَأَوْتَرَ بِرَكْعَةٍ لَمْ يُصَلِّ غَيْرَهَا.
It is narrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man asked Abdur Rahman al-Taimi about the prayer of Talha (may Allah be pleased with him), so Abdur Rahman al-Taimi said, "If you wish, I can tell you about the prayer of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)." He said, "One night, I was in a place when suddenly I got up and a man, who had his head covered, bumped into me. I looked and saw that it was Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). I stood behind him and he prayed, and he would perform prostrations of the Qur'an until I said: 'Fajr is about to break,' and he did not pray anything except one rak'ah of Witr."
Hadith 396
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيِّ، عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: الْوِتْرُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْوَاعٍ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ أَوْتَرَ، ثُمَّ إِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَشَاءَ أَنْ يَشْفَعَهَا بِرَكْعَةٍ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ. أَخْرَجَ الْأَوَّلَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اخْتِلَافِ الْحَدِيثِ وَإِلَى آخِرِ الْخَامِسِ فِي كِتَابِ اخْتِلَافِ مَالِكٍ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَالسَّادِسَ وَالسَّابِعَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْعِيدَيْنِ، وَهُمَا آخِرُ مَا فِيهِ وَالثَّامِنَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اخْتِلَافِ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِمَّا لَمْ يَسْمَعِ الرَّبِيعُ مِنَ الشَّافِعِيِّ.
It is narrated from Hattan bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) who states that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Witr is of three types. Whoever among you wishes to perform it in the first part of the night, let him do so. Then, if he wakes up, he may, if he wishes, make it even by adding one rak'ah and then pray two by two rak'ahs until the true dawn appears. And if he wishes, he may perform witr in the last part of the night."
