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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on performing Witr at the end of the night after performing Witr with the imam

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Question:
We begin this episode with a letter from the questioner Abu Abdullah, who says to the Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah keep you safe: “As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. After that, my question, Shaykh: I pray Witr with the imam after Tarawih in Ramadan, and this happened to me last Ramadan. A dispute arose between me and one of the brothers regarding the obligation of fasting at the end of the night and praying two or more rak'ahs, especially if one wakes up at night. I say that there are not two Witr in one night, or two Witr in a single night. As for me delaying the Witr, in that I ensure waking up, or that I perform Witr at the beginning of the night with the imam and then perform Witr with the rak'ahs at the end of the night, contradicting the above text. I ask Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve him: Is it permissible for me to pray at the end of the night whatever I can without Witr, or is it necessary to have a Witr at the end? May Allah protect you?”

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The Witr is a confirmed Sunnah in Ramadan and in other times. In fact, some scholars have elevated it to the status of something like the Fajr prayer. This is to bring you the established Sunnahs from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the exhortation to it.
Standing with the imam in the Tarawih prayer until he finishes is also a confirmed Sunnah. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
Indeed, whoever stands (praying) with the Imam until he finished, then it is recorded for him that he prayed the whole night.من قام مع الإمام حتى ينصرف كتب له قيام ليلة
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 806Sahih (Darussalam)
So combining the two benefits: the one praying behind the imam is taught the Tarawih prayer, all of it, and he follows him in the recitation until he finishes with him. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) applies to him:
whoever stands (praying) with the Imam until he finishedمن قام مع الإمام حتى ينصرف
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 806Sahih (Darussalam)
, because I was drawn to this virtue, so he did not marry, the second marriage is that he does not guarantee standing at the end of the night as he indicated, he denies with the imam those who are prevented from. He is safe in that it is the middle way.
So if it is decreed for him to stand at the end of the night, he prioritizes what is easy for him, from the number. He is content with the first Witr.
With faith, and he does not repeat the Witr a second time, in the hadith he mentioned, which is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
There are no two Witr in one night.لا وتران في ليلة
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 470Sahih (Darussalam)
, therefore the combination of the hadiths is achieved. And the virtue is respected. In the Muslim, and the door of good is open; it does not mean that if he prays at the beginning of the night and performs Witr, the standing at the end of the night is closed to him, and it does not mean that the Muslim repeats,
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