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| 8. Prayers (Salat) |
| Hadith Number 472 |
| Chapter: 84 The religious gathering in circles and sitting in the mosque |
| 472 Narrated Nafi`:Ibn `Umar said, “While the Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 (peace be upon him) ordered it to be so. |
| Sahih al-Bukhari Volume no 1 Hadith number 472 Reference: USC-MSA web (English) |