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 1763 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الصُّبْحَ يُدْرِكُكَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ " ، فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ : مَا مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ؟ قَالَ : أَنْ تُسَلِّمَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ .
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rak'ah. It was said to Ibn 'Umar (RA) : What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rak'ahs.
