Night Prayer in Pairs, Then Witr at the End

The questioner : Another simple question. I get up in the last part of the night, I pray as much as I wish, and I recite until the Fajr adhan is called. Then I pray the Sunnah and recite until I am about to hear the iqamah. Sometimes I go to the mosque and the imam may be delayed, so I am confused: should I bow a second time, or should I keep standing?

The Shaykh : Do you pray at night, if Allah wills, and perform witr before Fajr?

The questioner : No, I perform witr before I sleep, but I pray in pairs, two by two.

The Shaykh : You pray, for example, in pairs, and you make the last one a single unit.

The questioner : Even if you performed witr before sleeping.

The Shaykh : Why did you emphasize performing it before you sleep when you know that you get up in the last part of the night?

The questioner : Because I am afraid that I will not be able to get up. All right.

The Shaykh : You pray in pairs, two by two, until Fajr breaks. When Fajr breaks, you wait five minutes after the adhan and pray the Sunnah of Fajr. If you go to the mosque, you pray the greeting of the mosque, two units, then you wait for the imam and do not pray.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you.