صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها
The Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالْوِتْرُ رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ:
Chapter: The night prayers are two by two, and Witr is one rakah at the end of the night
Hadith 749
This hadith is listed as number 1760 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَهُمْ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا نَادَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كَيْفَ أُوتِرُ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ صَلَّى ، فَلْيُصَلِّ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، فَإِنْ أَحَسَّ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً فَأَوْتَرَتْ لَهُ مَا صَلَّى " ، قَالَ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ : وَلَمْ يَقُلْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ .
Ibn 'Umar reported: A person called (the attention) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as he was in the mosque, and said: Messenger of Allah, how should I make the rak'ahs of the night prayer an odd number? Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (way peace he upon him) said: He who prays (night prayer) he should observe it in pairs, but if he apprehends the rise of morning, he should observe one rak'ah; that would make the number odd (for the rak'ahs) observed by him. This was narrated by Abd Kuraib 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah and Ibn 'Umar did not make mention of it.
