أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ وَلَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِنَّ

اسحاق بن منصور، عبدالرحمن، سفیان، ہشام بن عروہ، عائشہ صدیقہ رضی اللہ عنھا فرماتی ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم وتر کی پانچ رکعت پڑھتے اور صرف آخری رکعت میں بیٹھا کرتے۔

Muadh bin Hisham said: “My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Zurarah bin Awfa, from Saad bin Hishám, that ‘Aishah said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم prayed Witr with nine Rak’ahs, he did not sit until the eight Rak’ah. Then he would praise Allah and remember Him and supplicate, then he would get up and he won’t say the Taslim, then he prayed the ninth, then he sat and remembered Allah and supplicated. Then he said a Taslim that we could hear. Then he prayed two Rak’ahs sitting down. When he grew older and weaker, he prayed Witr with seven Rak’ahs and did not sit until the sixth. Then he got up and did not say the Taslim, and prayed the seventh, then he said the Taslim, then he prayed two Rak’ahs sitting down.”(Sahih).