volume 2, book 16, number 105:
narrated ibn umar:
once a person asked allah's apostle about the night prayer. allah's apostle
replied, "the night prayer is offered as two rakat followed by two rakat and
so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn (fajr prayer) he should
pray one raka and this will be a witr for all the rakat which he has prayed
before." nafi' told that 'abdullah bin 'umar used to say taslim between (the
first) two rakat and (the third) odd one in the witr prayer, when he wanted to
attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the rakat).
volume 2, book 16, number 106:
narrated ibn 'abbas:
once i passed the night in the house of maimuna (his aunt). i slept across the
bed while allah's apostle and his wife slept length-wise. the prophet slept
till midnight or nearly so and woke up rubbing his face and recited ten verses
from surat "aal-imran." allah's apostle went towards a leather skin and
performed ablution in the most perfect way and then stood for the prayer. i
did the same and stood beside him. the prophet put his right hand on my head,
twisted my ear and then prayed two rakat five times and then ended his prayer
with witr. he laid down till the muadh-dhin came then he stood up and offered
two rakat (sunna of fajr prayer) and then went out and offered the fajr
prayer.
(see hadith no. 183, vol. 1)
volume 2, book 16, number 107:
narrated 'abdullah bin 'umar :
the prophet said, "night prayer is offered as two rakat followed by two rakat
and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one raka which will be witr
for all the previous rakat." al-qasim said, "since we attained the age of
puberty we have seen some people offering a three-rakat prayer as witr and all
that is permissible. i hope there will be no harm in it."
volume 2, book 16, number 108:
narrated 'aisha:
allah's apostle used to pray eleven rakat at night and that was his night
prayer and each of his prostrations lasted for a period enough for one of you
to recite fifty verses before allah's apostle raised his head. he also used to
pray two rakat (sunna) before the (compulsory) fajr prayer and then lie down
on his right side till the muadh-dhin came to him for the prayer.
volume 2, book 16, number 109:
narrated anas bin sirin:
i asked ibn 'umar, "what is your opinion about the two rakat before the fajr
(compulsory) prayer, as to prolonging the recitation in them?" he said, "the
prophet (p.b.u.h) used to pray at night two rakat followed by two and so on,
and end the prayer by one raka witr. he used to offer two rakat before the
fajr prayer immediately after the adhan." (hammad, the sub-narrator said,
"that meant (that he prayed) quickly.)"
volume 2, book 16, number 110:
narrated 'aisha:
allah's apostle offered witr prayer at different nights at various hours
extending (from the 'isha' prayer) up to the last hour of the night.
volume 2, book 16, number 111:
narrated 'aisha :
the prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer his night prayer while i was sleeping
across in his bed. whenever he intended to offer the witr prayer, he used to
wake me up and i would offer the witr prayer too.
volume 2, book 16, number 112:
narrated 'abdullah bin 'umar:
the prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "make s your last prayer at night."
volume 2, book 16, number 113:
narrated said bin yasar:
i was going to mecca in the company of 'abdullah bin 'umar and when i
apprehended the approaching dawn, i dismounted and offered the witr prayer and
then joined him. 'abdullah bin 'umar said, "where have you been?" i replied,
"i apprehended the approaching dawn so i dismounted and prayed the witr
prayer." 'abdullah said, "isn't it sufficient for you to follow the good
example of allah's apostle?" i replied, "yes, by allah." he said, "allah's
apostle used to pray witr on the back of the camel (while on a journey)."
volume 2, book 16, number 114:
narrated ibn 'umar:
the prophet used to offer (nawafil) prayers on his rahila (mount) facing its
direction by signals, but not the compulsory prayer. he also used to pray witr
on his (mount) rahila.
volume 2, book 16, number 115:
narrated muhammad bin sirin:
anas was asked, "did the prophet recite qunut in the fajr prayer?" anas
replied in the affirmative. he was further asked, "did he recite qunut before
bowing?" anas replied, "he recited qunut after bowing for some time (for one
month)."
volume 2, book 16, number 116:
narrated 'asim:
i asked anas bin malik about the qunut. anas replied, "definitely it was
(recited)". i asked, "before bowing or after it?" anas replied, "before
bowing." i added, "so and so has told me that you had informed him that it had
been after bowing." anas said, "he told an untruth (i.e. "was mistaken,"
according to the hijazi dialect). allah's apostle recited qunut after bowing
for a period of one month." anas added, "the prophet sent about seventy men
(who knew the quran by heart) towards the pagans (of najd) who were less than
they in number and there was a peace treaty between them and allah's apostles
(but the pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). so allah's
apostle recited qunut for a period of one month asking allah to punish them."
volume 2, book 16, number 117:
narrated anas bin malik:
the prophet recited qunut for one month (in the fajr prayer) asking allah to
punish the tribes of ral and dhakwan.
volume 2, book 16, number 118:
narrated anas:
the qunut used to be recited in the maghrib and the fajr prayers.
