Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Do not give up prayer at night, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not leave it. Whenever he fell ill or lethargic, he would offer it sitting.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب قيام الليل / 1307
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبوداود، (تحفة الأشراف: 16281)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (6/126، 249) (صحیح) »
Abdullah bin Abi Qais said that he asked Aishah: How many rak'ahs would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray observing the witr ? She said: He used to observe the witr with four and three, six and three, eight and three, and ten and three rak'ahs never observing less than seven or more than thirteen. The narrator Ahmad added in his version: He would not observe the witr with two rak'ahs before the dawn. I asked: With what would he observe the witr ? She said: He would never leave it. The version of Ahmad does not mention the words "six and three (rak'ahs)".
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب قيام الليل / 1362
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (1264), عبدالله بن وھب المصري صرح بالسماع عند الطحاوي في معاني الآثار (1/ 285، وسنده صحيح / معاذ علي زئي)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 16282)، وقد أخرجہ: صحیح مسلم/الحیض 6 (307)، مختصراً سنن الترمذی/فضائل القرآن 23 (16282)، مسند احمد (6/149) ( صحیح) »
Abdullah bin Abu Qais said: I asked Aishah about the witr observes by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: Sometime he observed the witr prayer in the early hours of the night, sometimes he observed it at the end of it. I asked: How did he recite the Quran ? Did he recite the Quran quietly or loudly ? She replied: He did it in any way. Sometimes he recited quietly and sometimes loudly, sometimes he took bath and then slept and sometimes he performed ablution and then slept. Abu Dawud said: The narrators other than Qutaibah said: This refer to his bath due to sexual defilement.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب تفريع أبواب الوتر / 1437
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, أخرجه الترمذي (449 وسنده صحيح) وأصله في صحيح مسلم (307)
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to count the days in Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then he fasted when he sighted the new moon of Ramadan; but if the weather was cloudy he counted thirty days and then fasted.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الصيام / 2325
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (1980), صححه ابن خزيمة (1910 وسنده صحيح)
Aishah said: I said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ what happens to the offspring of believers ? He replied: They are joined to their parents. I asked: Messenger of Allah! Although they have done nothing ? He replied: Allah knows best what they were doing. I asked: what happens to the offspring of polytheists, Messenger of Allah ? he replied! They are joined to their parents. I asked: Although they have done nothing? He replied: Allah knows best what they were doing.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب السنة / 4712
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح الإسناد | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (111), بقية صرح بالسماع المسلسل عند الآجري في الشريعة (ص 195) وله طريق آخر عند أحمد (4/86)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 16284)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (6/84) (صحیح الإسناد) »