Musnad Ahmad 882

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، وَالثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

قَالَ: لَيْسَ الْوَتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

Musnad Ahmad 882, Book 5, Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith 354. 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. 2Abd ar-Razzaq ibn HammamTold us, Third generation, died 211 AH
3. 3Mamar ibn RashidTold us, Third generation, died 150 AH
4. 4Sufyan ath-ThawriWith, Third generation, died 159 AH
5. 5Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
6. 6Asim ibn DamrahFrom, Successor, died 74 AH
7. 7Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH