What is the status of the hadith, “Indeed, the witr is only at night,” and its routes of transmission?
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The questioner : In your second question, our Shaykh, you published the hadith that “Witr is only at night” in *Sahih* and stated that this hadith is found in al-Tabarani, and you stated that you did not find a biographical entry for al-Tabarani’s Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : However, there is a route for it in al-Bayhaqi’s *Sunan al-Kubra*, so this man is corroborated, and there is another route for it in ‘Abd al-Razzaq, but the Companion was omitted from it, and there is another route in *al-Mudawwanah* in the Maliki school. I hope you will rule on this hadith based on these routes, and I would like to see the final result, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, if Allah wills, you are writing down what I just spoke about so that I can leave as you wished. If Allah wills.
The questioner : I will write it on a paper and hand it over, or is it on the hacker, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, on paper.
The questioner : Allah, by the permission of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : However, there is a route for it in al-Bayhaqi’s *Sunan al-Kubra*, so this man is corroborated, and there is another route for it in ‘Abd al-Razzaq, but the Companion was omitted from it, and there is another route in *al-Mudawwanah* in the Maliki school. I hope you will rule on this hadith based on these routes, and I would like to see the final result, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, if Allah wills, you are writing down what I just spoke about so that I can leave as you wished. If Allah wills.
The questioner : I will write it on a paper and hand it over, or is it on the hacker, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, on paper.
The questioner : Allah, by the permission of Allah.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 944 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (3:35)
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