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Abu Dawud 1421 · Book 8

Sunan Abi Dawud, 1421

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ هَكَذَا مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ ‏.‏

Ibn 'Umar said:A man who lived in the desert asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the prayer at night. He made a sign with his two fingers-in this way in pairs. The witr consists of one rak'ah towards the end in night
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Ibn Umar a dit : Un homme du désert a demandé au Messager d’Allah ﷺ au sujet de la prière de nuit. Il a fait un geste avec ses deux doigts – de cette façon, par paires. Le witr consiste en une rak’ah unique à la fin de la nuit
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Al-Albani
Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid
Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut
Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai
Sahih Muslim (749)

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).