I intercepted him as he was on his way to the mosque and told him what Abu Muhammad had said.Ubada replied, "Abu Muhammad is mistaken. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There are five prayers which Allah has prescribed upon His servants. Whoever performs them without neglecting any of them out of disregard for their right will have a covenant with Allah that He will admit him into Paradise. But whoever does not perform them has no covenant with Allah. If He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will admit him into Paradise.'"
أخبرنا قتيبة عن مالك عن يحيى بن سعيد عن محمد بن يحيى بن حبان عن ابن محيريز أن رجلا من بني كنانة يدعى المخدجي سمع رجلا بالشام يكنى أبا محمد يقول الوتر واجب قال المخدجي فرحت إلى
فاعترضت له وهو رائح إلى المسجد فأخبرته بالذي قال أبو محمد فقال عبادة كذب أبو محمد سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول خمس صلوات كتبهن الله على العباد من جاء بهن لم يضيع منهن شيئا استخفافا بحقهن كان له عند الله عهد أن يدخله الجنة ومن لم يأت بهن فليس له عند الله عهد إن شاء عذبه وإن شاء أدخله الجنة
[Its chain of transmission is hasan] Abu Dawud narrated it, Prayer, chapter on those who do not pray witr, hadith no: 1420, from the hadith of Malik through this route, and it is in the Muwatta (narrated by Yahya): 1/123, and in the Kubra, hadith no: 322. Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, hadith no: 252, 253, as did others, and Munziri graded it hasan.