أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَی عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْبِئِينِي عَنْ وَتْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ کُنَّا نُعِدُّ لَهُ سِوَاکَهُ وَطَهُورَهُ فَيَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ لِمَا شَائَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهُ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَيَتَسَوَّکُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانِ رَکَعَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ فِيهِنَّ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الثَّامِنَةِ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَذْکُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا يُسْمِعُنَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1320
It was narrated that Saad bin Hisham said: “I said: ‘Mother of the Believers! Tell me about theWitrof the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم .‘ She said: ‘We used to prepare his Siwak and water for purification, then Allah would wake him when He willed to wake him at night. He would use the Siwak and perform Wudu’, then pray eight Rak’ahs; not sitting until the eighth Rak’ah, when he would sit and remember Allah and call upon Him. Then he would say the Taslimloud enough for us to hear.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020