Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that: "Indeed, Witr is not obligatory, nor is it like your obligatory prayers. But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Witr. Then he said: O people of the Qur'an, perform Witr, for indeed Allah, the Exalted, is One (Witr) and loves the odd (number). Abdullah bin Saeed Al-Ashajj did not mention these words: O people of the Qur'an, perform Witr. Saeed bin Abdur Rahman narrated from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq, a narration similar in chain and text to that of Al-Dawraqi."