What is the ruling on breaking the witr and repeating it in the same night?

Question:
If a person prays the witr at the beginning of the night, then sleeps and gets up at the end of the night and wants to pray, I heard a statement that he breaks his witr with one rak'ah so that he does not combine two witr prayers in one night, and then he prays whatever he wishes and then prays the witr. Is this correct?

Answer:
Yes, some scholars hold this view. They say that if he gets up at the end of the night, he prays one rak'ah to make the first witr even, then he prays whatever he wishes, and then he prays the witr. Some scholars hold this view, but it is not correct, and there is no evidence for it. Rather, he gets up and prays whatever is easy for him, and he is content with the first witr. There is no harm in praying after the witr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed after the witr. Yes. The Maghrib prayer is the witr of the day, and yet the rawatib are prayed after it; voluntary prayers are prayed after it. So the witr does not prevent one from praying after it. Yes.