Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ نَادَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَدَوِيِّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى فَإِذَا خَشِيتَ الصُّبْحَ فَوَاحِدَةً وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ.
English Translation
Ali ibn Asim told us, Khalid al-Hadhdha' informed us, from Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq al-Uqayli, from Ibn Umar, who said: A man from the desert-dwellers called out to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while I was between him and the Bedouin, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer?" He said: "Two by two; and when you fear the approach of dawn, [pray] one, and [also pray] two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer."