صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe 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
وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنِ الْوِتْرِ ، فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ " ، وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " رَكْعَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ " .
Abu Mijlaz reported: I asked Ibn 'Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: It is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From the aforementioned narration of Ibn Umar radi Allahu anhuma and Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhuma, it is established that in the end of Witr, only one rak‘ah will be performed. And to say, in the presence of an explicit hadith, that it is a single rak‘ah joined to a two-unit prayer, is the height of prejudice.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1759
