Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مُحَيْرِيزٍ الْقُرَشِيَّ ثُمَّ الْجُمَحِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ وَكَانَ بِالشَّامِ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْمُخْدَجِيَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانَ بِالشَّامِ يُكْنَى أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْوَتْرَ وَاجِبٌ فَذَكَرَ الْمُخْدَجِيُّ أَنَّهُ رَاحَ إِلَى عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُ الْوَتْرُ وَاجِبٌ فَقَالَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ كَذَبَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ كَتَبَهُنَّ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَنْ أَتَى بِهِنَّ لَمْ يُضَيِّعْ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا اسْتِخْفَافًا بِحَقِّهِنَّ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَهْدٌ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِهِنَّ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَهْدٌ إِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَفَرَ لَهُ.
English Translation
Yazid told us, Yahya - meaning Ibn Sa'id - informed us, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, that Ibn Muhayriz al-Qurashi, then al-Jumahi, informed him - and he was in Syria and had met Mu'awiyah - that al-Mukhdaji, a man from Banu Kinanah, informed him that a man from the Ansar who was in Syria, known as Abu Muhammad, had informed him that the witr prayer is obligatory. Al-Mukhdaji related that he went to Ubadah ibn al-Samit and mentioned to him that Abu Muhammad said the witr is obligatory, so Ubadah ibn al-Samit said, "Abu Muhammad has spoken falsely. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'Five prayers which Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has prescribed upon His servants. Whoever performs them, not neglecting any of them out of contempt for their due right, has a covenant with Allah, Blessed and Exalted, that He will admit him into Paradise; and whoever does not perform them has no covenant with Allah - if He wills, He punishes him, and if He wills, He forgives him.'"