Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1442
اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ
Allāhumma najji al-walīda bna al-walīdi-Llāhumma najji salamaha bna hishāmin Allāhumma najji al-mustaḍʿafīna mina al-muʾminīna-Llāhumma āshdud waṭʾataka ʿalā muḍara-Llāhumma ājʿalhā ʿalayhim sinīna kasinī yūsufa
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited the supplication in the night prayer for a month. He said (in his supplication): O Allah, rescue al-Walid b. al-Walid, rescue Salamah b. Hisham, rescue the weak believers; O Allah, trample severely on Mudar; O Allah, cause them a famine like that of Joseph. Abu Hurairah said: One morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) id not make supplication for them. So I told him about it. He said: You dod not see that they have come (back)
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1442
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih Muslim (675)