Sahih Al-Bukhari — Hadith #990
Hadith #990
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خَشِيَ أَحَدُكُمُ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً، تُوتِرُ لَهُ مَا قَدْ صَلَّى ".
Once a person asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (ﷺ) about the night prayer. Allah's
Apostle (ﷺ) replied, "The night prayer is offered as two Rak`at followed by
two Rak`at and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn
(Fajr prayer) he should pray one Rak`ah and this will be a Witr for all
the Rak`at which he has prayed before."
Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Umar (RA)
Source
Sahih Al-Bukhari # 14/990
Grade
Sahih
Category
Chapter 14: Witr Prayer