The Timing of Witr in the Night Prayer
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Question:
If a person makes the witr after the 'Isha' prayer, is the reward the same as that of the night prayer?
Answer:
No, the witr at the end of the night is better, without doubt. The one who is confident that he will get up leaves the witr for the end of the night, especially if he intends to perform the tahajjud; he concludes his tahajjud at the end of the night with the witr. As for the one who is not confident that he will get up, he performs the witr before he sleeps. If it happens that he gets up at the end of the night, he prays but does not repeat the witr; he is content with the first witr. Yes.
If a person makes the witr after the 'Isha' prayer, is the reward the same as that of the night prayer?
Answer:
No, the witr at the end of the night is better, without doubt. The one who is confident that he will get up leaves the witr for the end of the night, especially if he intends to perform the tahajjud; he concludes his tahajjud at the end of the night with the witr. As for the one who is not confident that he will get up, he performs the witr before he sleeps. If it happens that he gets up at the end of the night, he prays but does not repeat the witr; he is content with the first witr. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/050 — archive.org (11:09)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
