Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قَالَ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْمُخْدَجِيُّ قَالَ كَانَ بِالشَّامِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ الْوَتْرُ وَاجِبٌ قَالَ فَرُحْتُ إِلَى عُبَادَةَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الْوَتْرَ وَاجِبٌ قَالَ كَذَبَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ كَتَبَهُنَّ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَنْ أَتَى بِهِنَّ لَمْ يُضَيِّعْ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا جَاءَ وَلَهُ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ ضَيَّعَهُنَّ اسْتِخْفَافًا جَاءَ وَلَا عَهْدَ لَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ.
English Translation
My father told me, Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan told us, from Yahya — that is, ibn Sa'id al-Ansari — who said: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban told me, from Ibn Muhayriz, from a man of Banu Kinanah who was called al-Mukhdaji, who said: There was a man in Syria called Abu Muhammad who said that the witr prayer is obligatory. He said: So I went to Ubadah and said: "Abu Muhammad claims that the witr is obligatory." He said: "Abu Muhammad has lied. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'Five prayers which Allah, Exalted is He, has prescribed upon His servants. Whoever performs them and does not neglect any of them will come, on the Day of Resurrection, having a covenant with Allah that He will admit him to Paradise; and whoever neglects them out of contempt will come having no covenant — if He wills, He punishes him, and if He wills, He admits him to Paradise.'"