Sunan Abi Dawud
1424
Chapter 8 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witrحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خُصَيْفٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُعَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يُوتِرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ، قَالَ: وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ و الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
I asked Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Kab, No. 1418) This version adds: In the third rak'ah he would recite: Say, He is Allah, the One (Surah 112), and Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak (Surah 113), and Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind (Surah 114).