It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the first rak'ah of Witr "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High", in the second "Say: O disbelievers", and in the third "Say: He is Allah, the One", "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak" and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind". This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it in this way; Imam Bukhari alone recorded it from Ibn Abi Maryam, and this addition is known only from the narration of Yahya bin Ayyub. It has also been narrated through another sahih chain.

It is narrated from Abd al-Aziz bin Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: We asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Which (surahs) did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite in Witr? She said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the first rak'ah "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High", in the second "Say: O disbelievers", and in the third "Say: He is Allah, the One" and the Mu'awwidhatayn (Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas). The leading authority of the people of Egypt in hadith and narration, Sa'id bin Kathir bin Ufayr, has brought (this addition) from Yahya bin Ayyub; I searched for it when I was dictating the Book of Witr but did not find it, and then I found it afterwards.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that in the two rak'ahs after which he would pray Witr (that is, the shaf'), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High" and "Say: O disbelievers", and in the Witr rak'ah (alone) he would recite "Say: He is Allah, the One", "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak" and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when he recited "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High", he would say (on completing the verse): 'Subhana rabbiya al-a'la alladhi khalaqa fa-sawwa' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, who created and proportioned). He said that this is the (manner of) recitation of Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from al-Qasim bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), while reciting "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High", reached the verse "We will make you recite, so you will not forget" [Surah al-A'la: 6] , he would go over the Qur'an to retain it, for fear of forgetting. The narrator said: I heard Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) recite the verse "Ma nansakh min ayatin aw tansaha" (Whatever verse We abrogate or you forget) [Surah al-Baqarah: 106] , so I said: Sa'id bin al-Musayyib recites it as "aw nunsiha" (or We cause it to be forgotten). Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Qur'an was not revealed to al-Musayyib nor to the family of al-Musayyib; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: "We will make you recite, so you will not forget" [Surah al-A'la: 6] , and He said: "And remember your Lord when you forget." [Surah al-Kahf: 24] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Imran al-Jawni (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by the place of worship of a Christian monk and called out to him: O monk! O monk! The monk looked out (at him), and on seeing him Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. It was said to him: O Commander of the Believers, what about his condition makes you weep? He said: I remembered this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, in His Book: "Labouring and exhausted, they will enter a scorching Fire; they will be given drink from a boiling spring." [Surah al-Ghashiyah: 3-5] This is what made me weep. This is an anecdote of that time, because Abu Imran al-Jawni did not reach the era of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah). When they say it, they will have protected their blood and their wealth from me, except by its right, and their reckoning is with Allah." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited these verses: "You are not a controller over them, except whoever turns away and disbelieves, then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment." [Surah al-Ghashiyah: 22-24] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this addition.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty "By the dawn" [Surah al-Fajr: 1] , that he said: What is meant is the dawn of the day; and concerning "and by the ten nights" [Surah al-Fajr: 2] he said: What is meant is the (first) ten nights of Dhu al-Hijjah. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; and the Abu Nasr in its chain is in fact al-Aswad bin Hilal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about "al-shaf'" (the even) and "al-watr" (the odd), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is meant is the prayer, some of whose (rak'ahs) are even and some odd." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty "Owner of the stakes, who transgressed in the lands" [Surah al-Fajr: 10-11] , that he said: Pharaoh drove in four stakes for his wife (Asiyah (peace be upon her)), then he placed a huge millstone on her back until she died. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.