صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السننChapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(444) بَابُ ذِكْرِ دَلِيلٍ بِأَنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِفَرْضٍThe chapter on evidence that Witr is not obligatory
Hadith 1070
نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ كُرَيْبٍ ، نَا مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، نَا يَعْقُوبُ ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، نَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُوسَى ، نَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقُمِّيُّ ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ جَارِيَةَ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَمَضَانَ ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ وَالْوِتْرَ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْقَابِلَةِ اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجَوْنَا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْنَا ، فَلَمْ نَزَلْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْنَا ، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَجَوْنَا أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْنَا فَتُصَلِّيَ بِنَا ، فَقَالَ : " كَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْوِتْرُ "
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in eight rak‘ahs and witr during Ramadan. Then, on the following night, we gathered in the mosque again, hoping that you (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to us (and lead us in prayer), so we remained in the mosque until morning came. We then presented ourselves before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, we were hoping that you (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to us and lead us in prayer.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I disliked that witr be made obligatory upon you.”
