حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الصُّبْحَ يُدْرِكُكَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ مَا مَثْنَى مَثْنَى قَالَ تُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5483
Uqbah ibn Hurayth said: I heard Ibn Umar narrate from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) "The night prayers are two by two, then when you think that dawn is approaching, pray one (rak'ah) of witr It was said to Ibn 'Umar: what does two by two mean? He said: Say the tasleem after each two rak'ahs.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ