Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 8 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witrفِي الْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثٍ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ فِي سَفَرٍ وَلَا حَضَرٍ: رَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى، وَصَوْمِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، وَأَنْ لَا أَنَامَ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍ .
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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.
Praying With Witr Before Sleeping
My friend (i.e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices that I do not leave while traveling nor while resident, to pray two rak'ahs in the forenoon, to fast three days every month and not to sleep but after observing the with.