The Minimum and the Most Meritorious of Standing in Night Prayer

Question:
From the questions of the questioner, he says: Honorable Shaykh, he says: I am negligent in the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) and also in the night prayer. So what is the minimum of the night prayer? And is the reward of the beginning of the night like that of the last third?

Answer:
It has no fixed limit; one prays whatever is easy for him, and its minimum is the witr, which is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah). One stands before the witr with whatever is easy for him of standing in night prayer. Even if he prays two rak'ahs before the witr, they are called the "fullness" (al-sha'b), and whatever he adds to them is better. The end of the night is better than its beginning. So whoever is confident that he will be able to stand in the last part of the night, delaying the witr to the last part of the night along with whatever standing is easy for him before it, this is better.