Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Night prayer is offered as two rak`at followed by two rak`at and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one rak`a which will be witr for all the previous rak`at." Al-Qasim said, "Since we attained the age of puberty we have seen some people offering a three-rak`at prayer as witr and all that is permissible. I hope there will be no harm in it."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 993 |
In-book reference | : Book 14, Hadith 4 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 16, Hadith 107 |
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