Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 472

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كتاب الصلاة ›

Book 8: Prayers (Salat)

Chapter: The religious gathering in circles and sitting in the mosque

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Ibn Umar 5 narrators
Masdad bin Masrhad Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 228 AH Bashr bin al-Mufadl bin Lahaq Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 187 AH 'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin Hafs Tābiʿī >70 AH – >140 AH Nafie' Tābiʿī ~30 AH – 117 or 119 AH Ibn Umar Companion 10 BH/613 CE – 74 AH/693 CE
Narrated Nafi`:Ibn `Umar said, "While the Prophet (ﷺ) was on the pulpit, a man asked him how to offer the night prayers. He replied, 'Pray two rak`at at a time and then two and then two and so on, and if you are afraid of the dawn (the approach of the time of the Fajr prayer) pray one rak`a and that will be the witr for all the rak`at which you have offered." Ibn `Umar said, "The last rak`at of the night prayer should be odd, for the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered it to be so.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 472

In-book reference

Book 8, Hadith 120

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith 461

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ مَا تَرَى فِي صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خَشِيَ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى وَاحِدَةً، فَأَوْتَرَتْ لَهُ مَا صَلَّى ‏"‏‏.‏ وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ اجْعَلُوا آخِرَ صَلاَتِكُمْ وِتْرًا، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمَرَ بِهِ‏.‏

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