صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السننChapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(453) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْخَبَرِ الْمُفَسِّرِ لِلَّفْظَتَيْنِ الْمُجْمَلَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ ذَكَرْتُهُمَا فِي الْبَابَيْنِ الْمُقَدَّمَيْنِ،The chapter explaining the two general phrases mentioned in the previous two chapters
Hadith 1084
نَا أَبُو يَحْيَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ بِخَبَرٍ غريب ، أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ : " مَتَى تُوتِرُ ؟ " قَالَ : أُوتِرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ ، فَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ : " مَتَى تُوتِرُ ؟ " قَالَ : أَنَامُ ، ثُمَّ أُوتِرُ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ : " أَخَذْتَ بِالْحَزْمِ ، أَوْ بِالْوَثِيقَةِ " ، وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ : " أَخَذْتَ بِالْقُوَّةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : هَذَا عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ حَمَّادٍ مُرْسَلٌ ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), "When do you perform Witr?" He replied, "I perform Witr before sleeping." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "When do you perform Witr?" He replied, "I sleep first, then (after waking up) I perform Witr." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), "You have chosen caution and firmness." And to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) he said, "You have chosen strength and determination." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that according to our companions, this narration is Mursal from the chain of Hammad; in it, the intermediary of Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) is not mentioned.
