1436 — Hārūn ibn Maʿrūf narrated to us, Ibn Abī Zāʾidah narrated to us, ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar narrated to me, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Hasten to perform the Witr before the morning."

1437 — Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, al-Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Qays, who said: I asked ʿĀʾishah about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. She said: Sometimes he would perform Witr at the beginning of the night, and sometimes he would perform Witr at its end. I said: How was his recitation? Did he recite quietly or aloud? She said: He did both — sometimes he recited quietly, and sometimes aloud. And sometimes he would bathe and then sleep, and sometimes he would perform ablution and then sleep.

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= And it was also recorded by al-Bukhārī (996) and Muslim (745) via two chains from al-Aʿmash, with this chain of transmission.
And it was recorded by Muslim (745) via two chains from Muslim, with it.
And it was recorded by Muslim (745) (137), Ibn Mājah (1185), al-Tirmidhī (460), and al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1394) via the chain of Yaḥyā ibn Waththāb, from Masrūq, with it.
And it is in Musnad Aḥmad (24188) and Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (2443).

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. Ibn Abī Zāʾidah: he is Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā.
And it was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (471) from Aḥmad ibn Manīʿ, from Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā, with this chain of transmission.
And it was recorded by Muslim (750) via the chain of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaqīq, from Ibn ʿUmar.
And it is in Musnad Aḥmad (4952) and Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (2445).
His saying: "Hasten to perform the Witr before the morning" means: expedite the performance of Witr before the dawn breaks.
The ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd has preceded under number (1431), and its wording is: "Whoever sleeps past his Witr or forgets it, let him pray it when he remembers it," and its chain of transmission is sound.

(2) Its chain of transmission is sound. And it was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (3151) from Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd, with this chain of transmission.
And his question about the recitation of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (451) and al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1377) via two chains from Muʿāwiyah, with it. =