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صحيح ابن خزيمه
Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السنن
Chapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(462) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ مُبَاحَةٌ لِجَمِيعِ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ بَعْدَهُ،
The chapter on the evidence that praying after Witr is allowed for anyone who wishes to pray after it
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 1106 — The chapter on the evidence that praying
وَأَنَّ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ لَمْ يَكُونَا خَاصَّةً لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دُونَ أُمَّتِهِ، إِذِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَمَرَنَا بِالرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ، أَمْرَ نَدْبٍ وَفَضِيلَةٍ، لَا أَمْرَ إِيجَابٍ وَفَرِيضَةٍ
And that the two rak‘ahs which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray after Witr were not specific to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, alone to the exclusion of his ummah, since the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, has commanded us to perform the two rak‘ahs after Witr as a recommended and virtuous act, not as an obligatory or compulsory act.
نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ ، نَا عَمِّي ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ هَذَا السَّفَرَ جَهْدٌ وَثِقَلٌ ، فَإِذَا أَوْتَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ ، وَإِلا كَانَتَا لَهُ "
The freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He (ﷺ) said: "Indeed, this journey is a cause of hardship and fatigue, so when any one of you has prayed Witr, let him (also) pray two (additional) rak‘ahs. Then if he wakes up (for Tahajjud, it is better), otherwise those two rak‘ahs will suffice for him."
