Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 454
وَرَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، وَغَيْرُهُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الصَّلاَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنْ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ . وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ . وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ .
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Sufyan al-Thawri and others narrated from Abu Ishaq, from Asim ibn Damrah, from Ali, who said: "Witr is not obligatory like the prescribed prayer, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah." Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated this to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq. This is sounder than the hadith of Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash. Mansur ibn al-Mutamir also transmitted it from Abu Ishaq, similar to the narration of Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash.