Narrated Ibn `Umar:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was delivering the sermon and asked him how to offer the night prayers. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, 'Pray two rak`at at a time and then two and then two and so on and if you are afraid of dawn (the approach of the time of the Fajr prayer) pray one rak`a and that will be the witr for all the rak`at which you have prayed." Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah bin `Umar: A man called the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in the mosque.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 473 |
In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 121 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith 462 |
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