Musnad Ahmad 646

English

CopyShare

حَدَّثَنِي أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to pray Witr with three rakahs.

Musnad Ahmad 646, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 118. 1 min readCopy the reference

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
2. 2Al-Aswad ibn AmirTold me, Third generation, died 207 AH
3. 3Abu Bakr ibn AyyashInformed us, Third generation, died 192 AH
4. 4Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
5. 5Al-Harith ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor, died 65 AH
6. 6Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH