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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for one who missed the witr to pray it after Fajr?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is it permissible to pray the witr with only one rak'ah after the adhan for the Fajr prayer, if he slept and did not wake up until the adhan?

The Shaykh:
Is it permissible, what?

The questioner:
To pray the witr with only one rak'ah.

The Shaykh:
It is permissible to pray the witr with one rak'ah, yes. In fact, it is permissible to pray a voluntary prayer with one rak'ah, and the witr is permissible with one rak'ah. If he makes it even by praying two rak'ahs before it, that is better. If he limits it to one rak'ah, that suffices; it suffices for the witr. However, it must not be after the dawn has appeared. The witr ends when the dawn appears. If the dawn appears and he has not prayed the witr, he delays it until the duha, when the sun has risen, and then he makes it up. He makes up what he used to pray at night and makes up the witr with it as an even number. He does not limit it to one rak'ah in the make-up; rather, he makes it even during the day. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لمن فاته الوتر أن يصليه بعد الفجر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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