Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
bayhaqi:4526Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > Qawm Atawā ʿAlī Fasaʾalūh > al-Witr > Saʾaltum ʿAnh Aḥad > Ūā Saʾalnā Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī > Lā Witr Baʿd al-Ādhān

[Machine] He drowned in the dispute so he exaggerated in giving a fatwa for everything between you and the Fajr prayer. And "Witr" is when you perform it, it is good.  

البيهقي:٤٥٢٦أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنبأ زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ أَنَّ قَوْمًا أَتَوْا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَحَدًا؟ فَقَالُوا سَأَلْنَا أَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ فَقَالَ لَا وِتْرَ بَعْدَ الْآذَانِ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ أَغْرَقَ النَّزْعَ فَأَفْرَطَ فِي الْفَتْوَى كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وِتْرٌ مَتَى أَوْتَرْتَ فَحَسَنٌ