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ahmad:761 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

Witr is not a must like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:٧٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

لَيْسَ الْوَتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الصَّلاةِ وَلَكِنْ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

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nasai:1676 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

"Witr is not essential like the obligatory prayers, but it is the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

النسائي:١٦٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:652 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrahaʿan ʿAlī

Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:٦٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

الْوَتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الصَّلاةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:927 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar And al-Thhawrī > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:٩٢٧ – 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 اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:1220 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm al-Awdī > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

Witr is not a must, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

أحمد:١٢٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

الْوَتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

nasai-kubra:1389 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Aḥmad 927)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:441 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim > ʿAlī

Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Aḥmad 927)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»