Hadith #195
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ مَا أَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى
وَيُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ أَنَسٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ مَا أَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَقَالَ بَهْ بَهْ إِنَّكَ لَضَخْمٌ إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُ أَوْ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَقْتَصُّ لَكَ الْحَدِيثَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ كَأَنَّ الْأَذَانَ أَوْ الْإِقَامَةَ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ
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English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Shu'ba, from Anas ibn Sirin — that he said: 'I asked Ibn 'Umar: "What should I recite in the two rak'as before Subh?" Ibn 'Umar said: "the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night two by two, and make Witr with one rak'a at the end of the night." Anas said: I said: "I am only asking you what to recite in the two rak'as before Subh." He said: "Well then! What a big question! I am only narrating — or: I am only relating the hadith for you: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray at night two rak'as at a time, then make Witr with one rak'a at the end of the night. Then he would rise [for the Fajr sunnah] as if the adhan or the iqama were in his ears."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 195
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5233
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41623