صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السننChapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(461) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِThe chapter on the recitation in the two units the Prophet prayed after Witr
Hadith 1104
نَا بُنْدَارٌ ، نَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، نَا أَبُو حَرَّةَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّيْلِ ، فَقَالَتْ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " إِذَا صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ تَجَوَّزَ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ يَنَامُ وَعِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ طَهُورُهُ وَسِوَاكُهُ ، فَيَقُومُ فَيَتَسَوَّكُ ، وَيَتَوَضَّأُ ، وَيُصَلِّي ، وَيَتَجَوَّزُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَهُنَّ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ ، وَيُوتِرُ بِالتَّاسِعَةِ ، وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَخَذَ اللَّحْمَ ، جَعَلَ الثَّمَانِ سِتًّا ، وَيُوتِرُ بِالسَّابِعَةِ ، وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، يُقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِـ : قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ، وَإِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ "
It is narrated from Sa’d bin Hisham Ansari that he asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the night prayer of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). She replied that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the ‘Isha prayer, he would offer two light rak‘ahs, then he would sleep, and at his head would be placed the water for his ablution and his miswak. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) would wake up, he would use the miswak and perform ablution and pray, offering two brief rak‘ahs, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand for eight rak‘ahs, reciting equally in them, and on the ninth rak‘ah he would perform witr, and then offer two rak‘ahs while sitting. Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became old and gained weight, he reduced the eight rak‘ahs to six and performed witr on the seventh rak‘ah. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) would offer two rak‘ahs while sitting, in which he would recite « قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ » and « إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ».
