Sahih al-Bukhari 472

Hadith text

Narrated Nafi`:Ibn `Umar said, "While the Prophet (ﷺ) was on the pulpit, a man asked him how to offer the night prayers. He replied, 'Pray two rak`at at a time and then two and then two and so on, and if you are afraid of the 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 offered." Ibn `Umar said, "The last rak`at of the night prayer should be odd, for the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered it to be so

Nafi bataate hain, Ibn Umar ne kaha: "Nabi mimbar par the, ek shaks ne raat ki namaz ke baare mein pucha. Aap ne farmaya: 'Do-do rakat karke padho, aur agar Fajr ka waqt hone ka dar ho to ek rakat padho, yeh saari padhi hui rakaton ka Witr ban jayega.'" Ibn Umar ne kaha: "Raat ki aakhri rakat taaq honi chahiye, kyunke Nabi ne yehi hukum diya."

Sahih al-Bukhari 472 · Book 8, Hadith 120