Muwatta 320

A report that Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban from Ibn Muhayriz, in the chapter on the command to pray the witr: a man of the Banu Kinana called al-Mukhdaji heard a man in Syria, called Abu Muhammad, say the witr was obligatory. He went to Ubada ibn al-Samit (may God be pleased with him) and told him, and Ubada said Abu Muhammad was wrong. He reported from the Prophet ﷺ that God wrote five prayers on his servants, and whoever brings them and does not neglect any of them out of contempt for their rights has a covenant with God that He will admit him to Paradise, while whoever does not bring them has no covenant with God: if He wills He punishes him and if He wills He admits him to Paradise. The editor says the chain is weak because al-Mukhdaji is unknown, but it is sound through al-Sunabihi from Ubada in Ahmad, Abu Dawud and al-Bayhaqi, and Ibn Abd al-Barr said the hadith is sound and established since it comes from Ubada through many sound channels other than al-Mukhdaji. ^{1 2}

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Ubada ibn al-Samit, Ibn Muhayriz, al-Mukhdaji, Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Qays al-Ansari and Syria. Built on in the chapters on prayer.