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Musnad Ahmad 974 (Book 5, Hadith 398) #34624
The Importance of Praying Witr at Night

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of praying Witr at the end of the night, as it was practiced by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

It was narrated that 'Abd Khair said: 'Ali bin Abi Talib (رضي الله عنه) came out to us when we were in the mosque and said: Where is the one who was asking about Witr? Those among us who had started the first rak'ah added a second to it so as to make it even, then we gathered around him and he said: The Messenger of Allah used to pray Witr at the beginning of the night, then he prayed Witr in the middle of the night, then he settled on praying Witr at this time. He said: That was when dawn was breaking.
حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ الْوَتْرِ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنَّا فِي رَكْعَةٍ شَفَعَ إِلَيْهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى اجْتَمَعْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فِي وَسَطِهِ ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَ الْوَتْرَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ‏.‏

TOPICS
prayer  *  night  *  salat  *  witr  *  allayl  *  nighttime

QUICK LESSONS:
Pray consistently during nighttime especially towards its end i.e., Qiyam al-Layl or midnight prayer/witr prayer .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith highlights the importance and significance of praying witr at night. It was narrated that 'Abd Khair said that Ali bin Abi Talib came out to them when they were in the mosque and asked if anyone was asking about witr. Those who had started their first rak'ah added a second to make it even. Then Ali bin Abi Talib said that Prophet Muhammad used to pray witr at the beginning, middle and end of night when dawn was breaking. This shows us how important it is for us to pray witr during this time as well. It teaches us that we should be consistent in our prayers so we can reap its rewards both in this world and hereafter.

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