The Book of Prayer

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The above mentioned Hadith has a Shahid (supporting narration) which is weak, reported by Ahmad from Abu Hurairah (RA).

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Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not offer more than eleven (voluntary) Rak'at during Ramadan nor during other than Ramadan. He offered four Rak'at - Do not ask about their beauty and length! (It is beyond description or imitation]. Again he would pray four Rak'at - Do not ask about their beauty and length! [It is beyond description or imitation]. Then he would pray three (Rak'at of Witr). 'Aishah (RA) said: "I said, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) will you sleep before you pray Witr?" He said, "O 'Aishah my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep." [Agreed upon].

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And in another narration of al-Bukhari and Muslim, ['Aishah (RA)] narrated:

"He used to pray ten Rak'at (of prayer), and making it Witr by one Rak'at, and he used to pray the two (Sunnah) Rak'at of Fajr, so that it became thirteen Rak'at."

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Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen Rak'at during the night, offering a Witr out of that with five and sitting only during the last of them. [Agreed upon].

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Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered Witr prayer (on different nights) at various hours, extending (from the 'Isha' prayer) up to the last hour of the night. [Agreed upon].

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Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me, "O 'Abdullah! Do not be like so-and-so who used to be awake in the night for prayer and then gave it up." [Agreed upon].

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Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "O people of the Qur'an! Offer Witr (prayer), because Allah is Witr (One) and loves Witr." [Reported by al-Khamsah and Ibn Khuzaimah graded it Sahih (authentic)].

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Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Make the last of your prayer at night Witr (an odd number)." [Agreed upon].

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Narrated Talq bin 'Ali (RA):

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "There are no two Witr (prayers) during one night." [Reported by Ahmad and ath-Thalathah and Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic)].

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Narrated Ubai bin Ka'b (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited in Witr prayer Surat al-A'la (in the first Rak'at), Surat al-Kafirun (in the second Rak'at) and Surat al-Ikhlas (in the third Rak'at). [Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i]. The latter added, "And he did not say the Taslim (salutation) except in the last (Rak'at) of them."

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Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi report something similar from 'Aishah (RA) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite a Surat in every Rak'at and in the last (third) Rak'at he would recite Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad (Surat al-Ikhlas) and al-Mu'awwidhatain.

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Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Offer Witr prayer before it is morning." [Reported by Muslim].

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Ibn Hibban has:

'Whosoever reaches the dawn, and he did not offer Witr, then there is no Witr for him.'

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Narrated [Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA)]:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever oversleeps and misses the Witr, or forgets it, should pray (when he awakens) in the moming or when he remembers." [Reported by al-Khamsah except an-Nasa'i].

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Narrated Jabir (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should offer Witr in the first part of it; and if anyone expects to get up in the last part of it, he should offer Witr at the end of the night, for prayer at the end of the night is witnessed (by the angels) and that is preferable." [Reported by Muslim].

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Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "When the dawn breaks, then the time of all night prayers including the Witr is over, so observe the Witr before dawn." [Reported by at-Tirmidhi].

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Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray four Rak'at in Duha prayer and increase (the number of Rak'at) as much as Allah willed." [Reported by Muslim].

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In another narration of Muslim from her:

['Aishah (RA)] was asked, "Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) use to offer the Duha prayer?" She replied, "No, unless he came back from a journey."

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In yet another narration of Muslim from her:

['Aishah (RA)] said, "I have never seen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering Duha prayer, yet I offer it."

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Narrated Zaid bin Arqam (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The prayer of those who are penitent is offered when the young weaned camels feel the heat of the sand." [Reported by at-Tirmidhi].

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Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever prays twelve Rak'at of Duha, Allah will build a castle for him in Paradise." [Reported by at-Tirmidhi who graded it Gharib (reported by a single narrator)].

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Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered my house and prayed eight Rak'at of Duha prayer. [Reported by Ibn Hibban in his Sahih].

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Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The prayer offered in congregation is twenty-seven degrees more rewardable than a prayer offered by a single person." [Agreed upon].

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Both al-Bukhari and Muslim have also reported through Abu Hurairah (RA):

"Twenty-five degrees (more)."

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Likewise, al-Bukhari reported from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:

"He (ﷺ) said (the word) Daraja (degree)."