It was narrated from 'Urwah (that) Aishah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak'ahs, making it odd (witr) by one between the time when he finished 'Isha and dawn, and he would prostrate for as long as it takes one of you to recite fifty verses before raising his head."
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَيُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَيُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَيَسْجُدُ سَجْدَةً قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ . وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَزِيدُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الْحَدِيثِ . مُخْتَصَرٌ .
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'udal-Baghdad · d. 219 AH or after
- 2'Abdullah bin WahbEgypt · d. 197 AH
- 3Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Dh'abMedina · d. 158 AH
- 4'Amr bin al-Harith bin Ya'qubMedina/Egypt · d. before 150 AH
- 5Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijadd. 160 AH
- 6al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 7'Urwa ibn al-ZubayrMedina · d. 93 AH/713 CE
- 8'Aisha bint Abi BakrMakkah/Medina · d. 57 AH/678 CE (17 Ramadan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 13, Hadith 150
- English Reference
- Vol. 2, Book 13, Hadith 1329