Muwatta Malik #277
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، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ صَلاَةُالمغرب وتر صلاة النهار . قال مالك من أوتر أول الليل ثم نام ثم قام فبدا له أن يصلي فليصل مثنى مثنى فهو أحب ما سمعت إلى
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar that
Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The maghrib prayer is the witr of the
daytime prayers."
Malik said, "If someone prays witr at the
beginning of the night, and goes to sleep, and then wakes up and it
seems good to him to pray, let him pray, two rakas at a time. That is
what I like most of what I have heard."
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This hadith is #277 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Tahajjud.