Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصُّنَابِحِيِّ قَالَ زَعَمَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّ الْوَتْرَ وَاجِبٌ فَقَالَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ كَذَبَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَشْهَدُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ افْتَرَضَهُنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُنَّ وَصَلَاتَهُنَّ لِوَقْتِهِنَّ فَأَتَمَّ رُكُوعَهُنَّ وَسُجُودَهُنَّ وَخُشُوعَهُنَّ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَهْدٌ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَهْدٌ إِنْ شَاءَ غَفَرَ لَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ.
English Translation
Husayn ibn Muhammad told us, Muhammad ibn Mutarrif told us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ata' ibn Yasar, from Abdullah al-Sunabihi, who said: Abu Muhammad claimed that the witr prayer is obligatory, so Ubadah ibn al-Samit said: Abu Muhammad has lied. I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Five prayers which Allah has made obligatory upon His servants. Whoever performs their ablution well and prays them at their proper time, completing their bowing, prostration, and humility, will have a covenant with Allah that He will forgive him. And whoever does not do so has no covenant with Allah — if He wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him."