The ruling on doubt regarding the number of rak'ahs in the Witr prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I pray the witr prayer in three rak'ahs with a single taslim, but sometimes I doubt whether I prayed two or three. What should I do?
The Shaykh:
As has been mentioned to you, if you doubt the number, act on the certainty. If you doubt whether it was two or three, consider it two.
The questioner:
And prostrate for the third.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
How can he sit for a month?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I pray the witr prayer in three rak'ahs with a single taslim, but sometimes I doubt whether I prayed two or three. What should I do?
The Shaykh:
As has been mentioned to you, if you doubt the number, act on the certainty. If you doubt whether it was two or three, consider it two.
The questioner:
And prostrate for the third.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
How can he sit for a month?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
الشك في عدد الركعات — alfawzan.live
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