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Musnad Ahmad 652

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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Wakīʿ
  2. Sufyān
  3. Abū Isḥāq
  4. ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrahaʿan ʿAlī

Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

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