Hadith #424
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ا
لْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ خَشِيَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلْيُوتِرْ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ قِرَاءَةَ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ مَحْضُورَةٌ وَذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية ومحمد بن عبيد
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah and Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd both (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that al-A'mash narrated to us, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir (رضي الله عنهما), who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever among you fears that he will not wake up at the end of the night, let him pray Witr at the beginning of it. And whoever is confident that he will wake up at the end of the night, let him pray Witr at the end of it. For the prayer at the end of the night is witnessed [by the angels], and that is better.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 28, Hadith 424
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 13862
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-50252