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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The minimum of witr and the best way to pray it at night

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Question:
Two rak'ahs of the sunnah. A sunnah of one rak'ah or witr. And I always make the du'a of qunut. Is this correct?

Answer:
This is correct. Praise be to Allah. And it is the minimum of witr. The minimum of witr is one rak'ah. And I have heard the statement of three. Three rak'ahs.
And the maximum is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do: twelve rak'ahs, or thirteen rak'ahs, and whatever is in between. So he may perform witr with three, and he may perform witr with one, and this is the minimum of witr. He may perform witr with three rak'ahs, he may perform witr with five, he may perform witr with seven, he may perform witr with nine, he may perform witr with eleven, he may perform witr with thirteen, and he may pray whatever is easy for him at night and perform tahajjud, and conclude his prayer with witr. The matter is broad, and praise be to Allah.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 063 من المجموعة الثانية للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (10:12)

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