Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 994

Sahih al-Bukhari 14. Witr Prayer hadith 5 within the section
Arabic Text
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، كَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلاَتَهُ ـ تَعْنِي بِاللَّيْلِ ـ فَيَسْجُدُ السَّجْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، وَيَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلاَةِ‏.‏
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Chain of Narrators
Chain of Narrators (Isnad)

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  1. Compiler Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
  2. حدثنا haddesenâ ابو اليمان Ebü'l-Yemân (267)
  3. اخبرنا ahberanâ شعيب Şuayb (283)
  4. عن an الزهري ez-Zührî (595)
  5. عن an عروه Urve (b. Zübeyr) (202)
  6. ان enne عايشه اخبرته Âişe Ahbereth (20) Source of the saying
Chain length: 5 narrators. Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity matching and biographies (death year, jarh wa ta'dil) are being added progressively.
Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1997)
Narrated `A'isha: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak`at at night and that was his night prayer and each of his prostrations lasted for a period enough for one of you to recite fifty verses before Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) raised his head. He also used to pray two rak`at (Sunnah) before the (compulsory) Fajr prayer and then lie down on his right side till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him for the prayer.