حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ مَتَی کَانَ يُوتِرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ کُلَّ ذَلِکَ قَدْ فَعَلَ أَوْتَرَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَوَسَطَهُ وَآخِرَهُ وَلَکِنْ انْتَهَی وِتْرُهُ حِينَ مَاتَ إِلَی السَّحَرِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1435
Masruq said: I asked Aishah: When would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observe the witr prayer ? She replied: Any time he observed the witr, sometimes in the early hours of the night, sometimes at midnight and sometimes towards the end of it. But he used to observe the witr just before the dawn when he died.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020