Musnad Abi Ya'la 5741

Translation

✧ A man said to Ibn Umar: “What do you think about the witr—is it a Sunnah?” He said: “What is a Sunnah? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed witr, and the Muslims did.” He said: “Is it a Sunnah?” He said to him: “Do you not understand? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed witr, and the Muslims did.”

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• Dāraquṭnī

  ورواه يزيد بن زريع ومعاذ بن معاذ عن ابن عون عن مسلم القري مولى عبد القيس عن ابن عمر وهو الصواب

  in مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي, p. 5741

Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 453Sunan Ibn Majah 1169Sunan ad-Darimi 1620al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 4527al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1118

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   في حكم العنعنة
2. 2
   Muslim al-Qurrī

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 111 AH and 120 AH
   مُسْلِمٍ مَوْلًى لِعَبْدِ الْقَيْسِصدوق
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwn b. Arṭabān

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. 150 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 152 AH
   ابْنُ عَوْنٍثقة ثبت فاضل
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Abī

   trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin)d. 195 AH, or 196 AH
   مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍثقة متقن
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Khaythamah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 234 AH, also said: 232 AH
   زُهَيْرٌثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī

   d. 307 AH
   أبو يعلى الموصلي

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