صحيح ابن خزيمه
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
جماع أبواب ذكر الوتر وما فيه من السننChapters on Witr and its Sunnahs
(446) بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْأَخْبَارِ الْمَنْصُوصَةِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ الْوِتْرَ رَكْعَةٌThe chapter on explicit reports from the Prophet that Witr is one unit
Hadith 1074
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ الْيَمَامِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَكْرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ ، قَالَ : كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ ، فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ ، " فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَفْصِلَ ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ : إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ : إِنَّهَا الْبُتَيْرَاءُ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : أَسُنَّةَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ تُرِيدُ ؟ هَذِهِ سُنَّةُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ "
Hazrat Mutlib bin Abdullah Makhzumi narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to perform one rak'ah of Witr. So a person came to him and asked him about Witr. He instructed him to perform Witr separately (to pray one rak'ah separately). That person said, "I fear that people will say this is a tailless (deficient) prayer." So Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Do you want to know the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger? This is the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger."
