صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
فصل في قيام الليل - ذكر ما يستحب للمرء أن يصلي بالنهار ما فاته من تهجده بالليل
Section on Night Prayer - Recommendation to make up missed night prayer during the day
Hadith 2642
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ السَّعِيدِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ: " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا عَمِلَ عَمَلا أَثْبَتَهُ ، وَكَانَ إِذَا نَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، أَوْ مَرِضَ صَلَّى مِنَ النَّهَارِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً " . قَالَتْ: قَالَتْ: " وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ ، وَلا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا إِلا رَمَضَانَ " ، قَالَ: أَبُو حَاتِمٍ: فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِفَرْضٍ ، إِذْ لَوْ كَانَ فَرْضًا لَصَلَّى مِنَ النَّهَارِ مَا فَاتَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً .
Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Whenever the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed any deed, he would do it regularly. If he slept at night or could not perform the night prayers due to illness, he would perform twelve rak'ahs during the day. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I never saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performing voluntary prayers for the entire night until dawn, nor did I ever see him fasting continuously for a whole month except in the month of Ramadan. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) This narration contains evidence that Witr is not obligatory, because if it were obligatory, he would have performed the thirteen rak'ahs of the night during the day.
