Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1254
Arabic hadith text
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيَ أَحَدُكُمُ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَة توتر لَهُ مَا قد صلى»
Translation
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Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of God said: The night prayer is two units at a time. If one of you fears that dawn is near, let him pray one unit to make odd the prayer he has already offered.