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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on consistently performing Witr with seven rak'ahs

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Question:
A man’s usual practice is to perform Witr with seven rak'ahs. Is there any harm in that, or is it better to vary it, sometimes doing seven, sometimes nine, and sometimes eleven?

Answer:
Yes, it is better not to limit oneself to one specific number but to vary it according to what has been reported. One should vary it according to what has come down. Also, one should not consistently recite the rak'ahs in a single continuous sequence with one taslim. Sometimes one should pray two by two and conclude with a single rak'ah, and sometimes one may recite them continuously; there is no harm in that. However, consistently adhering to one state while abandoning the other recommended practices is not sound. Yes.

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says.

Answer:
A note regarding this, because some of the young men who pray in the mosques during Ramadan misunderstood the matter. They made the Tarawih prayer of this type, reciting it in one sitting, or the Tahajjud in the last ten nights. They understood that it is all Witr, so they recite it in one taslim. This is a mistake. Tarawih and Tahajjud are prayed in pairs, not as Witr. Rather, it is Tahajjud and Tarawih, performed as they are, not recited in one taslim. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، المداومة على عدد معين من ركعات الوتر أفضل أم التنويع؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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