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Nasa'i 1315 · Book 13

Sunan an-Nasa'i, 1315

The Book of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)

Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ وَتْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ قَالَتْ كُنَّا نُعِدُّ لَهُ سِوَاكَهُ وَطُهُورَهُ فَيَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ لِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَسَوَّكُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ لاَ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِنَّ إِلاَّ عِنْدَ الثَّامِنَةِ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا يُسْمِعُنَا ‏.‏

It was narrated that Sa'd bin Hisham said:"I said: 'O Mother of the believers! Tell me about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' She said: 'We used to prepare his siwak and water for purification, then Allah (SWT) would wake him when He willed to wake him at night. He would use the siwak and perform wudu, then pray eith rak'ahs; not sitting until the eighth rak'ah, when he would sit and remember Allah (SWT) and call upon Him. Then he would say the taslim loud enough for us to hear
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Rapporté par Sa’d bin Hisham : J’ai dit : “Ô Mère des croyants ! Parle-moi du Witr du Messager d’Allah (ﷺ).” Elle répondit : “Nous préparions son siwak et de l’eau pour ses ablutions, puis Allah le réveillait quand Il le voulait pendant la nuit. Il utilisait le siwak, faisait ses ablutions, puis priait huit rak‘as sans s’asseoir avant la huitième, où il s’asseyait, se rappelait Allah et L’invoquait. Ensuite, il faisait le taslim assez fort pour que nous l’entendions.”
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Abu Ghuddah
Sahih
Al-Albani
Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai
Sahih

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