Bulugh al-Maram

أَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلُ اَلْقُرْآنَ, فَإِنَّ اَللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ اَلْوِتْرَ

Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “O people of the Qur'an! Offer Witr (prayer), because Allah is Witr (One) and loves Witr.”

اِجْعَلُوا آخِرَ صَلَاتِكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وِتْرًا

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Make the last of your prayer at night Witr (an odd number).”

لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ

Narrated Talq bin 'Ali (RA):

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “There are no two Witr (prayers) during one night.”

كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -يُوتِرُ بِـ

Narrated Ubai bin Ka'b (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited in Witr prayer Surat al-A'la (in the first Rak'at), Surat al-Kafirun (in the second Rak'at) and Surat al-Ikhlas (in the…

كُلَّ سُورَةٍ فِي رَكْعَةٍ, وَفِي اَلْأَخِيرَةِ:

Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi report something similar from 'Aishah (RA) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite a Surat in every Rak'at and in…

أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Offer Witr prayer before it is morning.”

مَنْ أَدْرَكَ اَلصُّبْحَ وَلَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَا وِتْرَ لَهُ

Ibn Hibban has:

'Whosoever reaches the dawn, and he did not offer Witr, then there is no Witr for him.'

مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ اَلْوِتْرِ أَوْ نَسِيَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَوْ ذَكَرَ

Narrated:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Whoever oversleeps and misses the Witr, or forgets it, should pray (when he awakens) in the moming or when he…

مَنْ خَافَ أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ مِنْ آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ فَلْيُوتِرْ أَوَّلَهُ, وَمَنْ طَمِعَ أَنْ…

Narrated Jabir (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should offer…

إِذَا طَلَعَ اَلْفَجْرُ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ كُلُّ صَلَاةِ اَللَّيْلِ وَالْوَتْرُ، فَأَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ اَلْفَجْرِ

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When the dawn breaks, then the time of all night prayers including the Witr is over, so observe the Witr…

كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -يُصَلِّي اَلضُّحَى أَرْبَعًا, وَيَزِيدُ مَا…

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray four Rak'at in Duha prayer and increase (the number of Rak'at) as much as Allah willed.”

أَنَّهَا سُئِلَتْ: هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -يُصَلِّي اَلضُّحَى?…

In another narration of Muslim from her:

was asked, “Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) use to offer the Duha prayer?” She replied, “No, unless he came back from a journey.”

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -يُصَلِّي سُبْحَةَ اَلضُّحَى قَطُّ,…

In yet another narration of Muslim from her:

said, “I have never seen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering Duha prayer, yet I offer it.”

صَلَاةُ اَلْأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ اَلْفِصَالُ

Narrated Zaid bin Arqam (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The prayer of those who are penitent is offered when the young weaned camels feel the heat of the sand.”

مَنْ صَلَّى اَلضُّحَى ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بَنَى اَللَّهُ لَهُ قَصْرًا فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ

Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Whoever prays twelve Rak'at of Duha, Allah will build a castle for him in Paradise.”

دَخَلَ اَلنَّبِيُّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -بَيْتِي, فَصَلَّى اَلضُّحَى ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered my house and prayed eight Rak'at of Duha prayer.

صَلَاةُ اَلْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اَلْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “The prayer offered in congregation is twenty-seven degrees more rewardable than a prayer offered by a single person.”

بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا

Both al-Bukhari and Muslim have also reported through Abu Hurairah (RA):

“Twenty-five degrees (more).”

وَكَذَا لِلْبُخَارِيِّ: عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ, وَقَالَ: دَرَجَةً

Likewise, al-Bukhari reported from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:

“He (ﷺ) said (the word) Daraja (degree).”

وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِحَطَبٍ فَيُحْتَطَبَ, ثُمَّ آمُرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَيُؤَذَّنَ…

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I have thought of giving orders for fuel wood to be gathered,…