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bayhaqi:4465Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī

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

البيهقي:٤٤٦٥أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ

الْوِتْرُ تَطَوُّعٌ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَشْرَفِ التَّطَوُّعِ