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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 317 — he said: The witr prayer is not definitively
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَاصِمَ بْنَ ضَمْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَالصَّلَاةِ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ ، فَلَا تَدَعْهُ . قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : فَوَجَدْتُهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِنْدِي : فَقَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The witr prayer is not definitively obligatory like the other obligatory prayers; rather, it is a Sunnah, so do not abandon it." Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I found it in my writing thus: that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself performed witr.
