Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): When do you perform Witr? He replied: I perform Witr and then go to sleep (i.e., I perform it before sleeping). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have adopted the cautious way. Then he asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): When do you perform Witr? He replied: I go to sleep, then wake up and perform Witr. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have adopted the way of a strong person.

Ghudaif bin Harith narrates: I said to Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): O Mother of the Believers, what do you say? Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perform the Witr prayer in the early part of the night or in the last part of the night? Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: Sometimes he would perform Witr in the early part of the night and sometimes in the last part of the night. I said: Allahu Akbar, all praise is due to Allah alone, Who has provided flexibility in this matter. I asked: O Mother of the Believers! What do you say? Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perform the ghusl of janabah in the early part of the night or in the last part of the night? Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: Sometimes he would perform ghusl in the early part of the night and sometimes in the last part of the night, so I said: Allahu Akbar, all praise is due to Allah alone, Who has provided flexibility in this matter. I asked: O Mother of the Believers! What do you say? Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite aloud in prayer or recite quietly? Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: Sometimes he would recite aloud and sometimes he would recite quietly. I said: Allahu Akbar! All praise is due to Allah alone, Who has provided flexibility in this matter.

Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-A'la in the first rak'ah of Witr, Surah Al-Kafiroon in the second rak'ah, and Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq, and Surah An-Nas in the third rak'ah.

Tais bin Talq narrates: One day my father came to visit me during the month of Ramadan. He stayed with us until the evening. He broke his fast with us, then that night he led us in prayer and also performed Witr. Then he went to the mosque and led his companions in prayer there as well. Then he appointed another person to lead, and said: You lead your companions in Witr, because I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: Witr is not performed twice in one night.

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-A'la, Surah Al-Kafiroon, and Surah Al-Ikhlas in the Witr prayer. When he would finish with salam, he would recite «سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوس» (Glory is to the One Who is the Sovereign and free from all defects) three times.

Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs twelve rak'ahs (units of prayer) daily, apart from the obligatory prayers, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise."

Anbasa bin Abu Sufyan, on the authority of his sister, Sayyida Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates the saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): "Whoever performs twelve (nafl) rak'ahs daily, Allah Almighty will build a house for him in Paradise. Four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two rak'ahs after Zuhr, two rak'ahs before Asr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs before Fajr."

Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:“May Allah have mercy on the person who offers four rak‘ahs before ‘Asr.”(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The narrator named Abu Muthanna is Muslim bin Muthanna; he is among the trustworthy narrators from the people of Kufa. The statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him):“Four,”by this he meant that it should be done with two salutations, as Ya‘la bin ‘Ata has narrated with his chain from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:“The prayers of the night and day are to be offered two by two.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I have performed prayer behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He used to perform two rak'ahs before Zuhr and then two rak'ahs after it. He used to perform two rak'ahs after Maghrib. He used to perform two rak'ahs after Isha. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) informed me that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to perform two short rak'ahs after the call to Fajr prayer and before the Fajr prayer itself. (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: This was a time in which no one could present himself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two rak'ahs should be performed before every obligatory prayer."