What Was Narrated Concerning Witr
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1169 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 370
Source no. 1169 · Volume 3 · Page 169
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (١٢٧٤) ، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٥٩٠ و ٥٩٣) تعليقي على ابن خزيمة (١٠٦٩) ، تخريج المختارة (٤٧٩ - ٤٨٦)
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1169. 'Ali bin Abu Tālib said: "Witr is not definite (obligatory) nor is it like your prescribed prayers. But the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prayed Witr, then he said: 'O people of the Qur'ān! Perform Witr, for Allāh is Witr[1] and He loves the odd (numbered).'" (Da'if)
1169 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ السَّلُولِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: إِنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ وَلَا كَصَلَاتِكُمُ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْتِرُوا؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ»
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The term Witr could either mean the entire of Tahajjud prayer or the last few Rak'ah performed at the end, to finish Tahajjud. We find both of these uses in Ahādīth. If this particular Hadīth is referring to Tahajjud, then it is a voluntary prayer, although it has great excellence in it. In case it refers to the concluding Rak'ah of Tahajjud, normally called Witr, then it is Sunnah Mu'akkadah (stressed Sunnah).