[Machine] He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah has commanded you to pray, which is better for you than the red camels, and it is for you from the time of Isha prayer until the break of dawn, the Witr prayer." This hadith was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, who said, Abdullah ibn Murrah informed us that Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz told him, who was informed by Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, who was informed by Saad ibn Uthman al-Tanukhi, who was informed by Ahmad ibn Khalid, who was informed by Muhammad ibn Ishaq, and he mentioned its meaning.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِصَلَاةٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ وَهِيَ لَكُمْ مَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ الْوِتْرَ الْوِتْرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ 4461 وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُرَّةَ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ التَّنُوخِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , went out one day to the morning prayer and said, "Allah has commanded you to pray a prayer that is better for you than the red camels." We said, "What is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "The Witr prayer from the time of Isha until the dawn." This hadith is narrated by Yazid ibn Harun, except that Az-Zufi did not mention it. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar, Abdullah ibn Murrah, and Abu Bakr al-Farsi reported it from Ibrahim al-Asbahani, who reported it from Abu Ahmad ibn Farris, who reported it from Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari. The chain of narration for this hadith is not known, meaning the chain of narration for this hadith was not heard from each other. The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said that similar hadiths have been narrated regarding the two Rakahs of Fajr prayer with a more authentic chain of narration than this one.  

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِصَلَاةٍ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ قُلْنَا مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْوِتْرُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلِ الزَّوْفِيُّ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُرَّةَ وَأنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْفَارِسِيُّ أَنْبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ فَارِسٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيِّ قَالَ لَا يُعْرَفُ لِإِسْنَادِهِ يَعْنِي لِإِسْنَادِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَمَاعُ بَعْضِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِثْلُ هَذَا فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ بِإِسْنَادٍ أَصَحَّ مِنْ هَذَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah has added a prayer to your prayers, and it is better for you than red camels, namely the two units of prayer before the Fajr prayer." Al-Abbas ibn Al-Walid said, "Yahya ibn Ma'een told me that this is a rare hadith from the hadith of Mu'awiya ibn Salam. Mu'awiya ibn Salam is a narrator from the people of Sham (Syria), and he is trustworthy in his narrations. Whoever does not write down his hadith with his full chain of narrators and discontinuous, then he is not considered a reliable narrator. It has reached me from Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaima that he said, 'If it were possible for me to travel to Ibn Bujayr, I would travel to him.' In this narration, Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz said, 'I heard Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abi Uthman saying, 'I heard my father saying, 'I heard Ibn Khuzayma say this narration in his story about Ibn Bujayr.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ زَادَكُمْ صَلَاةً إِلَى صَلَاتِكُمْ هِيَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ أَلَا وَهِيَ الرَّكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ لِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سَلَامٍ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَامٍ مُحَدِّثُ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَهُوَ صَدُوقُ الْحَدِيثِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ حَدِيثَهُ مُسْنَدَهُ وَمُنْقَطِعَهُ فَلَيْسَ بِصَاحِبِ حَدِيثٍ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْ أَمْكَنَنِي أَنْ أَرْحَلَ إِلَى ابْنِ بُجَيْرٍ لَرَحَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَهُ فِي حِكَايَتِهِ لَهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُجَيْرٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Witr (odd-numbered prayer) is obligatory, so whoever does not pray Witr is not one of us." Abu Sa'ad al-Malini reported that Abu Ahmad ibn 'Adi said: "I heard Ibn Hammad say that Al-Bukhari reported from 'Ubaidullah ibn 'Abdullah Abu al-Muneeb, who heard from Ibn Buraidah, who heard from Zaid ibn al-Hubab that he had different narrations with him." Abu Ahmad said: "And I have no objection to him, and Yahya ibn Ma'in also considered him reliable, and Allah knows best."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْوِتْرُ حَقٌّ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُوتِرْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا أَنْبَأَ أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ حَمَّادٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَبُو الْمُنِيبِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ عِنْدَهُ مَنَاكِيرُ قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ وَهُوَ عِنْدِي لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَكَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ أَيْضًا يُوَثِّقُهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] Al-Witr is a voluntary act of worship and it is one of the noblest acts of voluntary worship.  

الْوِتْرُ تَطَوُّعٌ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَشْرَفِ التَّطَوُّعِ