Sunan an-Nasa'i 1676
The command to pray witr
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أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ
الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm
- Abū Nuʿaym
- Sufyān
- Abū Isḥāq
- ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah
- ʿAlī
"Witr is not essential like the obligatory prayers, but it is the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |