Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses
Book 1: Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses
الجامع المختصر لفضائل الآيات والسور
93 hadith in this book
Chapter 25.04 The Messenger ﷺ recited this sūrah in the witr prayer
قَرَأَ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ بِهَذِهِ السُّورَةِ فِي الْوِتْرِ
Ubayy reported: "In the first rakʿah of witr (prayer), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite: “Sabbiḥ isma rabbikal-aʿlā (Sūrat al-Aʿlā), in the second, Qul yā ayyuhal kāfirūn (Sūrat al-Kāfirūn), and in the third (rakʿah), Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad (Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ).”Reference:
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1700.
عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ الْوَتْرِ بِـ ( سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى ) وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِـ ( قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ) وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِـ ( قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ).
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