(24) باب افْتِتَاحِ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs. (FR)
Reference (FR): Sunan Abi Dawud 1323 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 5, Hadith 74 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 5, Hadith 1318 (FR)