Musnad Ahmad 616

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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ الْوَتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الصَّلَاةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

Musnad Ahmad 616, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 88. 1 min readCopy the reference

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Ahmad back to the one who was there.

1. 1Imam AhmadCompiler, died 241 AH
2. 2Waki ibn al-JarrahTold us, Third generation, died 196 AH
3. 3Sufyan ath-ThawriTold us, Third generation, died 159 AH
4. 4Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
5. 5Asim ibn DamrahFrom, Successor, died 74 AH
6. 6Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH