Hadith #164
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ مَوْلًى لِعَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ قَالَ مُعَاذٌ كَانَ شُعْبَةُ يَقُولُ الْقُرِّيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ أَرَأَيْتَ الْوِتْرَ أَسُنّ
َةٌ هُوَ قَالَ مَا سُنَّةٌ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَوْتَرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَالَ لَا أَسُنَّةٌ هُوَ قَالَ مَهْ أَوَتَعْقِلُ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَوْتَرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ
Isnad Chain
معاذ
ابن عون
مسلم مولى لعبد القيس
English Translation
It was narrated — via Mu'adh, from Ibn 'Awn, from Muslim (freed slave of 'Abd al-Qays — Mu'adh says Shu'ba used to call him al-Qurri) — that a man said to Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما): 'Is the Witr a sunna?' He said: 'What do you mean — just a sunna? the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Witr and the Muslims have been performing the Witr.' The man said: 'No — I mean, is it a sunna?' He said: 'Stop it — do you have no sense? the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Witr and the Muslims have been performing the Witr.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 13, Hadith 164
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 4602
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40992