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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the reading of the previous hadith: ( ... He said: I said: O Mother of the Believers, inform me about the witr of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said:

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The reader:
I said: Mother of the Faithful, inform me about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: I used to prepare tooth stick for him and water for his ablution, and Allah would rouse him to the extent He wished during the night. He would use the tooth stick, and perform ablution, and would offer nine rak'ahs, and would not sit but in the eighth one and would remember Allah, and praise Him and supplicate Him, then he would get up without uttering the salutation and pray the ninth rak'ah. He would then sit, remember, praise Him and supplicate Him and then utter a salutation loud enough for us to hear. He would then pray two rak'ahs sitting after uttering the salutation, and that made eleven rak'ahs. O my son, but when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) قال: قلت: يا أم المؤمنين أنبئيني عن وتر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلّم فقالت: كنا نعد له سواكه وطهوره فيبعثه الله ما شاء أن يبعثه من الليل فيتسوّك ويتوضأ ويصلي تسع ركعات لا يجلس فيها إلا في الثامنة فيذكر الله ويحمده ويدعوه ثم ينهض ولا يسلّم ثم يقوم فيصلي التاسعة ثم يقعد فيذكر الله ويحمده ويدعوه ثم يسلّم تسليما يسمعنا ثم يصلي ركعتين بعدما يسلم وهو قاعد فتلك إحدى عشرة ركعة يا بني فلما أسن نبي الله
Sahih Muslim 746a
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The Shaykh : Asanna, when he asanna.
The reciter:
but when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) grew old and put on flesh, he observed Witr فلما أسن نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلّم وأخذه اللحم أوتر
Sahih Muslim 746a
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The Shaykh : In our version
and his flesh increased وأخذ اللحمَ
, yes?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh :
his flesh increased أخذ اللحمَ
, okay, what does al-Nawawi say about it?
The reader: He says "I have some copies in my possession
and his flesh increased وأخذ اللحم
and they are close in meaning, and it appears that its meaning is that his flesh increased"
.

The Shaykh : Yes, the well-known version is
his flesh increased أخذه اللحم
, meaning it increased in him, yes.
The reader:
and put on flesh, he observed Witr of seven, doing in the two rak'ahs as he had done formerly, and that made nine. O my son, and when the وأخذه اللحم أوتر بسبع وصنع في الركعتين مثل صنيعه الأول فتلك تسع يا بني وكان نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Sahih Muslim 746a
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Source alathar.net

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