Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #48483

On the authority of Ubayy bin Ka’b, he said: Whenever the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said the Witr salutation, he would say: “Glory be to You, the Holy King.” Narrated by Abu Dawud. Al-Nasa’i added: Three times he prolongs the last of them. In a narration by Al-Nasa’i on the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abza on the authority of his father, he said: It was When he says the salutation, he says: “Glory be to the Holy King” three times and raises his voice the third time.