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462. It was narrated from Ibn Muḥairīz that a man from Banu Kinānah who was called Al-Mukhdāj heard a man in Ash-Shām, who was known as Abū Muḥammad, saying that Witr was obligatory. Al-Mukhdāj said: "In the morning I went to 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit, and I met him while he was on his way to the Masjid. I told him what Abū Muḥammad said, and 'Ubādah said: 'Abū Muḥammad is wrong. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Five prayers are those that Allāh has decreed for (His) slaves, whoever does them, and does not neglect any of them out of disregard toward them, will have a promise from Allāh that He will admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not do them will have no such promise from Allāh; if He wills he will punish him and if He wills He will admit him to Paradise.'" (Hasan)
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1. The Hanafites call the Witr - the odd-numbered prayer - compulsory. But
their argumentation is based on narrations that are either weak or bear the possibility of having more than one meaning. Compared to those narrations, the authentic and unequivocal reports, which have reached the level of being called Tawātur (something narrated in such a way, such as by so many people in each generation, that there is no question about its correctness and authenticity), declare the obligatory nature of the five daily prayers, and negate the compulsoriness of additional prayers. Hence, their statement is not right. On the contrary, Witr ought to be deemed the insisted Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, which may not be abandoned without a reason.
