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bayhaqi:4812Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Mālik b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd

[Machine] Abdullah al-Witr said, "There are three witr prayers in the evening, this is a correct hadith from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, not raised to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was raised by Yahya ibn Zakariya ibn Abi al-Hawajib al-Kufi from al-A'mash, who is weak, and his narration contradicts the narration of the majority from al-A'mash."  

البيهقي:٤٨١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ الْوِتْرُ ثَلَاثٌ كَوِتْرِ النَّهَارِ الْمَغْرِبِ هَذَا صَحِيحٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ غَيْرَ مَرْفُوعٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ رَفَعَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي الْحَوَاجِبِ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ وَرِوَايَتُهُ تُخَالِفُ رِوَايَةَ الْجَمَاعَةِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ