It is narrated from Abu Tamim Jaishani that Sayyiduna Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to the people on Friday and said: Sayyiduna Abu Basrah (may Allah be pleased with him) told me that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Surely Allah Almighty has given you an extra prayer, and that is Witr. You should offer it between the time of Isha prayer and Fajr prayer. Abu Tamim says: Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) took my hand and went to the mosque to Sayyiduna Abu Basrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: The thing that Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Yes, I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

(Similar chain of narration) It is the same, but with some detail as follows: So we went to Sayyiduna Abu Basrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and found him near the door that was close to the house of Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Abu Basrah! Did you hear the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Surely Allah Almighty has given you another prayer, so perform it between the time of Isha and Fajr prayer; it is Witr, it is Witr? He said: Yes. He then said: Did you hear it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Yes. He then said: Did you really hear it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Yes.

Ash'ath bin Qais says: I became a guest of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). First, he caught his wife and struck her, then said: O Ash'ath! Remember three things from me, I learned these from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Do not ask a man why he struck his wife, do not sleep without offering Witr, and the third thing I have forgotten.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes perform Witr in the early part of the night, sometimes in the middle part, and at times in the last part of the night. Later on, the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would be in the last part of the night only.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated another similar hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), which is like the hadith of Musnad Ahmad and is found in the Zawaid of Abdullah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform Witr at the time of the Adhan and would offer the two Sunnah of Fajr at the time of the Iqamah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Witr is the prayer of the night.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): When do you perform Witr? He replied: At the beginning of the night, right after the Isha prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then asked: O Umar! When do you perform it? He replied: At the end of the night. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Bakr! You have chosen caution, and O Umar! You have chosen strength.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nafi that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say that whoever prays at night should perform Witr at the end, because the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, has given this command. And when Fajr begins, all the night prayer and the time for Witr ends, because the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Perform Witr before Fajr.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) about Witr, so he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Perform Witr before the morning.