ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِفَرْضٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed eight units and the Witr prayer with us in the month of Ramadan. When it was time for childbirth, we gathered in the mosque and hoped that he would come out to us. But he did not come out until we entered the mosque and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we gathered in the mosque and hoped that you would pray with us." He said, "I feared that the Witr prayer might be made obligatory upon you, or that it might become difficult for you."
صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَأَوْتَرَ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْقَابِلَةُ اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجَوْنَا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْنَا فَلَمْ نَزَلْ فِيهِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْنَا ثُمَّ دَخَلْنَا فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجَوْنَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ بِنَا فَقَالَ «إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَوْ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْوِتْرُ*»