Talq bin Ali visited us one day during Ramadan, spent the evening with us, and broke his fast at our home. He then led us in the night prayer and performed the witr with us. Afterward, he went down to his own mosque and led his companions in prayer. When only the witr remained, he sent a man forward and said, "Lead your companions in the witr, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There are no two witrs in one night.'"
زارنا طلق بن علي في يوم من رمضان، وأمسى عندنا وأفطر، ثم قام بنا الليلة وأوتر بنا، ثم انحدر إلى مسجده فصلى بأصحابه، حتى إذا بقي الوتر قدم رجلا فقال: أوتر بأصحابك، فإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: لا وتران في ليلة.
It was narrated by Abu Dawud (1439), Tirmidhi (470), and Nasai (1679), all of them through the route of Mulazim bin Amr, who said, Abdullah bin Badr narrated to us, from Qays bin Talq, and he mentioned it. The wording given is that of Abu Dawud, and the other two have something similar, except that they did not mention the story. Tirmidhi said, hasan gharib. I say, its chain is hasan because of Qays bin Amr, for he is truthful, and we have already, in the book of wudu, in the chapter on not requiring wudu from touching the penis, established that this chain is hasan. Ibn Khuzayma (1101) and Ibn Hibban (2449) graded it sahih and narrated it through this same route.It was also narrated by Imam Ahmad (16296) from the hadith of Mulazim bin Amr Sahimi, who said, my grandfather Abdullah bin Badr narrated to us, and he said, Siraj bin Uqba narrated to me that Qays bin Talq told them both that his father Talq bin Ali came to us in Ramadan, and he mentioned the rest of the hadith in the same manner. So Siraj bin Uqba corroborates Abdullah bin Badr.This hadith is evidence for those who say that Witr is not nullified. It has been reported from Abu Bakr Siddiq that he used to pray Witr before sleeping, then get up and pray two units at a time, without repeating Witr. And Ayesha, the mother of the believers, used to say, "Two Witr prayers in one night?" rejecting the notion of nullifying Witr. This was also the view of Umar bin Khattab, Saad, Ammar bin Yasir, Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurairah, and others among the companions, and it is the position of Malik, Ahmad, Shafii, and the people of Kufa.Tirmidhi said, "This is more sound, because it has been narrated through more than one route that the Prophet ﷺ prayed after Witr," meaning, and he did not repeat Witr after it.