Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
bayhaqi:4847Abū Aḥmad ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAdl > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Muzakkī > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī > Ibn Bukayr > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Murrah a freed slave of ʿAqīl b. Abū Ṭālib

[Machine] He asked Abu Hurairah how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the Witr prayer. Abu Hurairah remained silent, then he asked him again and he remained silent, then he asked him again and he remained silent. Then he said, "If you wish, I will tell you how I do it." He said, "I asked him to tell me, so he said, 'When I pray Isha, I pray five units afterward, then I sleep. If I wake up during the night, I pray two units at a time. If morning comes, I pray the odd-numbered units.'"  

البيهقي:٤٨٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَدْلُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ أَنَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي فَقَالَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْعِشَاءَ صَلَّيْتُ بَعْدَهَا خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَنَامُ فَإِنْ قُمْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ صَلَّيْتُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِنْ أَصْبَحْتُ أَصْبَحْتُ عَلَى وِتْرٍ