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 الْوِتْرِ
The 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 ».
Hadith 1105
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، نَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، نَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ ، نَا ثَابِتٌ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ رَكَعَاتٍ ، فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَثَقُلَ أَوْتَرَ بِسَبْعٍ ، وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، يَقْرَأُ بِـ : الرَّحْمَنِ ، وَ الْوَاقِعَةِ " . قَالَ أَنَسٌ : وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ بِالسُّوَرِ الْقِصَارِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ ، وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَنَحْوِهِمَا
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform nine rak‘ahs of Witr. Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became older, he started performing seven rak‘ahs of Witr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform two rak‘ahs sitting, in which he would recite Surah ar-Rahman and Surah al-Waqi‘ah. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we would recite short surahs, such as « قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ » and similar surahs.
