The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1981 (#Passage #340)

٢٧٩. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): إذَا أَضَرَّتِ النَّوَافِلُ بالْفَرَائِضِ فَارْفُضُوهَا.

279. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When optional issues stand in the way of obligatories, abandon them.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).