Hadith

Sunan Abi Dawud #1451

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr· كتاب الوترsunan_abi_dawud:1451

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْقَاعُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَصَلَّتْ فَإِنْ أَبَتْ نَضَحَ فِي وَجْهِهَا الْمَاءَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأَةً قَامَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّتْ وَأَيْقَظَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَإِنْ أَبَى نَضَحَتْ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْمَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: May Allah show mercy to a man who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens his wife and she prays; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens her husband and he prays; if he refuses she sprinkles water on his face.

Chain 1·7 narrators
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محمد بن عبد الله

Narratorprophet
Transmitted via قال
narrated to
5

أبي هريرة

Sahabithiqa
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
4
Abū Ṣāliḥ

أبي صالح

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
3
al-Qaʿqāʿ ibn Ḥakīm

القعقاع بن حكيم

Tabi'iunknown
Transmitted via حدثنا
narrated to
2
Ibn ʿAjlān

ابن عجلان

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via عن
narrated to
1
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via حدثنا
narrated to
0

محمد بن بشار

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via حدثنا
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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