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Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the night prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one of you fears morning is near, he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Zuhayr ibn Harb, and Amr al-Naqid narrated to us. Zuhayr said: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, who heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: H. And Muhammad ibn Abbad narrated to us—and the wording is his—Sufyan narrated to us, Amr narrated to us, from Tawus, from Ibn Umar. H. And al-Zuhri narrated to us, from Salim, from his father, that a man asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about the night prayer. He said: "Two by two, and when you fear the coming of dawn, then pray one rak'ah as witr."

'Abdullah bin 'Umar reported: A man stood up and said. Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The night prayer consists of pairs, but if you apprehend the rise of dawn, make it odd number by observing one rak'ah.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar reported: A person asked the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) as I stood between him (the Holy Prophet) and the inquirer and he said: Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It consists of pairs of rak'ahs, but if you apprehend morning, you should pray one rak'ah and make the end of your prayer as Witr. Then a person asked him (the Holy Prophet) at the end of the year and I was at that place near the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ; but I do not know whether he was the same person or another person, but he (the Holy Prophet) gave him the same reply.

And Abu Kamil narrated to me, he said: Hammad narrated to us, Ayub narrated to us, and Budayl, and Imran ibn Hudayr, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, from Ibn Umar. And Muhammad ibn Ubayd al-Ghubari narrated to us, he said: Hammad narrated to us, Ayub narrated to us, and al-Zubayr ibn al-Khirit, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, from Ibn Umar, who said: A man asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and they both mentioned similarly, and in their narrations there is not: Then a man asked him at the end of the year and after it.

Ibn 'Umar reported the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Hasten to pray Witr before morning.

Ibn 'Umar said: He who prayed at night should make Witr the end of his prayer, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered this.

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Make Witr the end of your night prayer.

Nafi' reported Ibn 'Umar as saying: He who observed the night prayer should make Witr the end of his prayer before dawn. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to order them thus.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.

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.

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.

Anas bin Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar to tell me about the practice of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) in regard to two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer: Should I make lengthy recitation in them? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe, the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah. I said: I am not asking you about it. He said: You are a bulky man, will you not show me the patience to narrate to you the hadith completely? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah, and then he observed two rak'ahs before dawn quite close to the call for prayer (Khalaf said:" Did you see [yourself the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) observing] the two rak'ahs before the dawn?" and he made no mention of prayer.)

Anas bin Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar like this (as recorded in the previous hadith) and he made this addition:" And he (the Holy Prophet) made the end of the night prayer as odd number by one rak'ah." And there is also (this addition):" Stop, stop, you are bulky."

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.

Abu Sa'id (al Khudri) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning. Abu Sa'id reported that they (the Prophet's Companions) asked the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) about Witr (prayer). (In reply to their inquiry) he said: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning.

Abu Sa'id reported that they (some of the Companions) of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) asked the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) about Witr. He said: Observe Witr before morning.