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75 – Abu Ishaq narrated, from ʿAsim ibn Hamzah, who said: “I asked ʿAli—may Allah honor his countenance—about the witr prayer: ‘Is it obligatory?’ He replied, ‘Not in the same way that the prescribed prayers are obligatory. Rather, it is a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and therefore no one should leave it off.’”
٧٥ - عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: " سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَجْهَهُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ: أَحَقٌّ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا كَحَقِّ الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَا، وَلَكِنْ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَلَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتْرُكَهُ "