حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَی أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ فَکَانَ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً وَلَا يَقْنُتُ بِهِمْ إِلَّا فِي النِّصْفِ الْبَاقِي فَإِذَا کَانَتْ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ تَخَلَّفَ فَصَلَّی فِي بَيْتِهِ فَکَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَبَقَ أُبَيٌّ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَی أَنَّ الَّذِي ذُکِرَ فِي الْقُنُوتِ لَيْسَ بِشَيْئٍ وَهَذَانِ الْحَدِيثَانِ يَدُلَّانِ عَلَی ضَعْفِ حَدِيثِ أُبَيٍّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَنَتَ فِي الْوِتْرِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1429
Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: Al-Hasan reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people (in tarawih prayer) behind Ubayy ibn Kab (who led them). He used to lead them for twenty days (during Ramadan, and would not recite the supplication except in the second half of it (i. e. Ramadan). When the last ten days remained, he kept away from them, and prayed in his house. They used to say: Ubayy ran away. Abu Dawud said: This tradition shows that whatever has been reported about the recitation of the supplication is not tenable. Moreover, these two traditions from Ubayy bin Kab indicate that another tradition which tells that the Prophet ﷺ recited the supplication in the witr is weak.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020