حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، ثنا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَجُلٌ لابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ : " أَلا تَعْجَبُ مِنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ إِنَّهُ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ ، قَالَ : أَحْسَنَ إِنَّهُ فَقِيهٌ " .
Ibn Abi Mulaykah narrates: A man said to Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): "Are you not amazed at Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), he performs Witr as a single rak'ah?" So Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "That is fine, he is a jurist (faqih)."