#1721

It was narrated from Zurarah bin Awfa:"When Sa'd bin Hisham bin Amir came to visit us, he told us that he came to Ibn Abbas and asked him about the witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: 'Shall I not tell you of the most knowledgeable person on Earth about the witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?' I said: 'Who?' He said: 'Aishah.' So we went to her and greeted her with Salam and entered and asked her. I said: 'Tell me about the witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' She said: 'We used to prepare for him his siwak and water for wudu, then Allah (SWT) would wake him when He willed to wake him at night. He would clean his teeth and perform wudu, then he would pray nine rak'ahs, during which he would not sit until the eighth. Then he would praise Allah (SWT) and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and not say the taslim. Then he would pray the ninth, then sit and praise Allah (SWT) and remember Him and supplicate, then he would say a taslim that we could hear. Then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting, and that was eleven rak'ahs, O my son. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) grew older and put on weight, he prayed witr with seven, then he prayed two rak'ahs sitting after saying the taslim, and that was nine, O my son. And when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered a prayer, he liked to persist in offering it

اخبرنا زكريا بن يحيى، قال حدثنا اسحاق، قال انبانا عبد الرزاق، قال حدثنا معمر، عن قتادة، عن زرارة بن اوفى، ان سعد بن هشام بن عامر، لما ان قدم، علينا اخبرنا انه، اتى ابن عباس فساله عن وتر، رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال الا ادلك او الا انبيك باعلم اهل الارض بوتر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . قلت من قال عايشة . فاتيناها فسلمنا عليها ودخلنا فسالناها فقلت انبييني عن وتر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . قالت كنا نعد له سواكه وطهوره فيبعثه الله عز وجل ما شاء ان يبعثه من الليل فيتسوك ويتوضا ثم يصلي تسع ركعات ولا يقعد فيهن الا في الثامنة فيحمد الله ويذكره ويدعو ثم ينهض ولا يسلم ثم يصلي التاسعة فيجلس فيحمد الله ويذكره ويدعو ثم يسلم تسليما يسمعنا ثم يصلي ركعتين وهو جالس فتلك احدى عشرة ركعة يا بنى فلما اسن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم واخذ اللحم اوتر بسبع ثم يصلي ركعتين وهو جالس بعد ما يسلم فتلك تسعا اى بنى وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم اذا صلى صلاة احب ان يداوم عليها