Narrated by Ali ibn Abi Talib
Allah is Witr (One) and He loves Witr, so pray Witr, O people of the Qur'an.
Sunan Abi Dawud 1416, Jami' at-Tirmidhi 453
What this hadith teaches
Witr is the most stressed of the voluntary prayers; many scholars call it a confirmed sunnah not to be left.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih (al-Albani)
- Narrator
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْتِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ
Arabic text of Sunan Abi Dawud 1416, as given on sunnah.com.