The Number of Rak'ahs in the Witr Prayer and Its Time
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Question:
This questioner (may Allah preserve you) asks about the witr prayer: what is the number of these rak'ahs, and what is the time in which it is obligatory to pray it?
Answer:
The witr is at least one rak'ah and at most eleven or thirteen rak'ahs. The minimum of perfection is three rak'ahs: two rak'ahs called al-shaf', followed by the witr of one rak'ah. As for the time, it begins after the 'Isha' prayer and continues until the dawn breaks; the entire period is the time for the witr prayer. Yes.
This questioner (may Allah preserve you) asks about the witr prayer: what is the number of these rak'ahs, and what is the time in which it is obligatory to pray it?
Answer:
The witr is at least one rak'ah and at most eleven or thirteen rak'ahs. The minimum of perfection is three rak'ahs: two rak'ahs called al-shaf', followed by the witr of one rak'ah. As for the time, it begins after the 'Isha' prayer and continues until the dawn breaks; the entire period is the time for the witr prayer. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/194 — archive.org (11:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.