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tabarani:3964Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Muḥammad b. Khāzim > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > al-Zuhrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yazīd al-Laythī > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī Rafaʿah > al-Witr Wājib > Kul Muslim Faman Āstaṭāʿ > Yūtir Bikhams Falyūtir And Man Lam Yastaṭiʿ > Yūtir Bikhams Falyūtir Bithalāth Waman Lam Yastaṭiʿ > Yūtir Bithalāth Falyūtir Biwāḥidah Waman Lam Yastaṭiʿ

[Machine] "Witr is obligatory upon every Muslim, so whoever is able to perform Witr with five (units), then let him perform Witr. And whoever is not able to perform Witr with five (units), then let him perform Witr with three (units). And whoever is not able to perform Witr with three (units), then let him perform Witr with one (unit). And whoever is not able to perform Witr with one (unit), then let him make a gesture (as a substitute)."  

الطبراني:٣٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ ثنا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

«الْوِتْرُ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِخَمْسٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِخَمْسٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِثَلَاثٍ فَلْيُوتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُوتِرَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ فَلْيُومِئْ إِيمَاءً»