Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

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Prayer

كتاب الصلاة

 

Chapter 36a: The Witr - Section 1

باب الوتر - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 1255

He reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, “The witr* is a rak'a at the end of the night.” * Literally ‘single’, or ‘odd’, used of an odd number of rak'as prayed at some time during the night. Muslim transmitted it.

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْوَتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخر اللَّيْل» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم