English translation

‘Abd al-‘Aziz b. Juraij said he asked ‘A’isha what Qur’an passages God’s Messenger used when observing the <i>witr</i> and she replied:

In the first <i>rak'a</i> he recited, “Glorify the name of your most high Lord,”[1] in the second, “Say, O infidels,”[2] and in the third, “Say, He is God, One,”[3] and <i>al-Mu‘awwidhatan</i>.[4] 1. Al-Qur’an; 87 2. Al-Qur’an; 109 3. Al-Qur’an; 112 4. Al-Qur’an; 113-114 Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it. Nasa’i transmitted it from ‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Abza, Ahmad from Ubayy b. Ka‘b, and Darimi from Ibn ‘Abbas, but the last two did not mention <i>al-Mu'awwidhatan</i>.