Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 8

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 8

Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Hadith #249

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْقِرَاءَةِ فِي اَلْوَتْرِ فَقَالَ «كَانَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَابٌ فَكَانَ أَبِي إِذَا صَلَّى يَقْرَأُ فِي اَلْوَتْرِ بِ«قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» فِي ثَلاَثَتِهِنَّ وَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ« قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ« كَذَلِكَ اَللَّهُ رَبِّي أَوْ كَذَاكَ اَللَّهُ رَبِّي»»

Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from Safwan, from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj. He said: I asked Abu Abdillah about the recitation in the witr prayer. Imam said: “There was a door between me and my father , and when my father would pray, He would recite ‘Surah Al Ikhlas’ in the three rak‘ahs of the witr. And when He finished reciting it, He would say: ‘Thus, Allah is my Lord ,’ or ‘That is how Allah is my Lord .’”

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 135