Hadith 749 Part I

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Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rak'ah. It was said to Ibn 'Umar: What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rak'ahs.