Sahih Muslim, 745 b
sahihMasruq reported on the authority of 'A'isha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn.
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ .
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 3Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 4Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
- 5'Uthman bin 'Asim bin Husaynal-Kufa · d. after 127 AH
- 6Yahya bin Wathabal-Kufa · d. 103 AH
- 7Masrouq bin al-Ajda'Hijaz,Kufa · d. ~63 AH
- 8'Aisha bint Abi BakrMakkah/Medina · d. 57 AH/678 CE (17 Ramadan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 6, Hadith 166
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 1621 (deprecated numbering scheme)