Muwatta Malik #276
Tahajjud
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، كَانَ يُوتِرُ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ بِوَاحِدَةٍ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَمَلُ عِنْدَنَا وَلَكِنْ أَدْنَى الْوِتْرِ ثَلاَثٌ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sad ibn Abi
Waqqas used to pray witr after isha with one raka.
Malik
said, "This is not the situation with us. Rather three is the minimum
for witr."
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This hadith is #276 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Tahajjud.