مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith Number 644
Hadith 644
644 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْأَلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَي الْمِنْبَرِ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي أَحَدُنَا بِاللَّيْلِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثْنَي مَثْنَي، فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ تُوتِرُ لَكَ مَا مَضَي» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: «وَهَذَا أَجْوَدُهَا»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I heard a man who asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was present on the pulpit at that time. (The question was) How should a person perform voluntary prayers at night? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two by two. When you fear that dawn is near, then perform one rak‘ah as witr; it will make all your previous prayers odd." Sufyan says: This narration is better.
