Hadith 453
حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو إِسْحَاق، عَنْ
عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ
عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ : الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَصَلَاتِكُمُ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ ، وَلَكِنْ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَقَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ فَأَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ " قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ , وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ , وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ .
´Ali said:` "Al-Witr is not incumbent like your obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah of Allah's Messenger who said: "Indeed Allah is Witr (One), and He loves Al-Witr, so perform Al-Witr O people of the Qur'an."
Hadith 454
´Sufyan Ath-Thawri and others reported from Abu Ishaq, from Asim bin Damrah, that :` Ali said: "Al-Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah which Allah's Messenger practiced."