Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ صُعَيْرٍ الْعُذْرِيُّ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ زَمَنَ الْفَتْحِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ كَانَ سَعْدٌ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوتِرُ بِرَكْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ يَعْنِي الْعَتَمَةَ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يَقُومَ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ.
English Translation
Abu al-Yaman told us: Shu'ayb told us, from al-Zuhri: Abdullah ibn Tha'labah ibn Su'ayr al-Udhri told me, he said: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had wiped his face at the time of the Conquest, that he saw Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas -- and Sa'd had witnessed Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) -- perform witr with a single rak'ah after the prayer of Isha, that is, al-Atamah, not adding to it until he would rise in the depth of the night.