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Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب قيام الليل وتطوع النهار
The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day
" الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِخَمْسٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلاَثٍ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَوْتَرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ "
"Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: 'Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak'ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'"
More from The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 1810
"Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs in a day, a house will be built for him in Paradise."
- Hadith 1627
"Every time we wanted to see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying at night we saw him, and every time we wanted to see him sleeping, we saw him."
- Hadith 1628
"He used to pray 'Isha, then he would recite tasbih, then after that he would pray whatever Allah (SWT) willed (he should pray) of night prayer. Then he would…
- Hadith 1712
"Ata' bin Yazid narrated to me that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say: 'Witr is a duty, so whoever wants to pray witr with five rak'ahs let him do so, whoever…
- Hadith 1767
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray two brief rak'ahs between the call (the Adhan) and the prayer."
- Hadith 1788
"I heard Suwaid bin Ghaflah (narrate it) from Abu Dharr and Abu Ad-Darda.'"