Muwatta 314

The first hadith in the chapter on the Prophet ﷺ's witr prayer. Yahya transmits from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn al-Zubayr from Aisha: the Prophet prayed eleven rak'as at night, ending with one as the witr, and when he finished he lay down on his right side. The editor cites Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ahmad and al-Shafi'i from Malik's transmitters. Ibn Abd al-Barr says Ibn Shihab's students placed the lying down after the two rak'as of dawn, not after the witr, and that Malik's words cannot be disputed for their place in memory. The editor holds that the agreement of Zuhri's students that the lying down is after dawn is the preserved version, as Ibn Hajar stated, so Malik's version of this word is odd. ^{1 2}

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Ibn Abd al-Barr and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Built on in the chapters on prayer.