Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 21475a
"مَنْ خَشِيَ مِنْكُمْ أَن لا يَقُومَ مِنْ آخِر اللَّيلِ [فَليُوتِر مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيل]، وَمَنْ طَمِعَ مِنْكُم أَنْ يَقُومَ آخِرَ اللَّيلِ، فَليُوتِر آخِرَ اللَّيل، فَإِنَّ قِرَاءَةَ آخِر اللَّيلِ مَحْضُورَةٌ، وَذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ".
Translation
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"Whoever among you fears he will not get up at the end of the night [let him perform Witr at the beginning of the night], and whoever hopes to get up at the end of the night, let him perform Witr at the end of the night, for the recitation at the end of the night is witnessed, and that is better."
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[حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر
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