(40) باب ذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ فِي الْوَتْرِ . د }
Abu Mu'aid narrated from Az-Zuhri, who said:
"Ata' bin Yazid narrated to me that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say: 'Witr is a duty, so whoever wants to pray witr with five rak'ahs let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'" (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan an-Nasa'i 1712 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 20, Hadith 115 (AR)
English translation (AR): Vol. 2, Book 20, Hadith 1713 (AR)