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صحيح ابن خزيمه
Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السنن
Chapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(455) بَابُ الرُّخْصَةِ فِي الْوِتْرِ رَاكِبًا فِي السَّفَرِ
The chapter on the concession to pray Witr while riding during travel
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 1090 — The chapter on the concession to pray Witr
وَفِيهِ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَتْ بِفَرِيضَةٍ، إِذِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فِي الْحَالَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُوتِرُ عَلَيْهَا
And in it is that which indicates that Witr is not obligatory, since the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not pray the prescribed prayers on his mount in the situation in which he would perform Witr upon it.
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " يُسَبِّحُ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ قِبَلَ أَيِّ وَجْهٍ تَوَجَّهَ ، وَيُوتِرُ عَلَيْهَا ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ "
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer voluntary prayers and Witr on his mount, whichever direction it faced, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not offer obligatory prayers on his mount.
