أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَی عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثِ رَکَعَاتٍ کَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَی بِسَبِّحْ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْکَافِرُونَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَيَقْنُتُ قَبْلَ الرُّکُوعِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ قَالَ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِکِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُطِيلُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1704
It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka’b that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to pray Witr with three Rak’ahs. In the first he would recite: “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” in the second: “Say: O you disbelievers!”; and in the third: “Say: He is Allah, (the) One”. And he would say the Qunat before bowing, and when he finished he would say: Sub Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times, elongating the words the last time. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020