سنن نسائی · Hadith 1724

Muadh bin Hisham said: “My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Saad bin Hishám, that ‘Aishah said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم prayed Witr with nine Rak’ahs, he did not sit until the eight Rak’ah. Then he would praise Allah and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and he won’t say the Taslim, then he prayed the ninth, then he sat and remembered Allah and supplicated. Then he said a Taslim that we could hear. Then he prayed two Rak’ahs sitting down. When he grew older and weaker, he prayed Witr with seven Rak’ahs and did not sit until the sixth. Then he got up and did not say the Taslim, and prayed the seventh, then he said the Taslim, then he prayed two Rak’ahs sitting down.”(Sahih).

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020