الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الليل والوترChapters on Night Prayer and Witr
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِهَا وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِوَاجِبَةٍ
Chapter on Its Virtue and That It Is Sunnah, Not Obligatory
Hadith 2233
Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثَنَا مَالِكُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِقِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ فِيهِ بِعَزِيمَةٍ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ))
It is narrated from Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command standing (in prayer) during Ramadan, but he did not give this command as an obligation. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: Whoever stands (in prayer) during Ramadan with faith and seeking reward, his past sins will be forgiven.
Hadith 2234
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرَضَ صِيَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَسَنَنْتُ قِيَامَهُ، فَمَنْ صَامَهُ وَقَامَهُ احْتِسَابًا خَرَجَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Allah Almighty has made the fasting of Ramadan obligatory, and I have made its night prayer a Sunnah. So whoever fasts during it and stands (in prayer) seeking reward, he will emerge from sins as the day his mother gave birth to him.
