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Somebody said to Ibn `Abbas, "Can you speak to the chief of the believers Mu`awiyah, as he does not
pray except one rak`a as witr?" Ibn `Abbas replied, "He is a Faqih (i.e. a learned man who can give
religious verdicts) ."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 62, Hadith 110
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Muawiya offered one rak`a witr prayer after the `Isha prayer, and at that time a freed slave of Ibn
`Abbas was present. He (i.e. the slave) went to Ibn `Abbas (and told him that Muawiya offered one
rak`a witr prayer). Ibn `Abbas said, "Leave him, for he was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."
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Muawiya said (to the people), "You offer a prayer which we, who were the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)
never saw the Prophet (ﷺ) offering, and he forbade its offering," i.e. the two rak`at after the compulsory
`Asr prayer.