Is it permissible to break the witr so that I can pray whatever I can of the night?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is Sami asking: If one prays witr at the beginning of the night and wants to pray at the end of the night, does he make the witr even by adding one rak'ah, and then pray witr again at the end of the night?

Answer:
Yes. The jurists mentioned that if one prays witr at the beginning of the night and gets up at the end of the night, he prays one rak'ah to make the first witr even, and then he prays whatever he can of the night. However, there is no evidence for this. The correct view is that he gets up and prays whatever he can at the end of the night, and he is content with the first witr. It is permissible to pray after the witr. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed after the witr. The Maghrib prayer is the witr of the day, and yet it is permissible to pray after it. So, he gets up at the end of the night and prays whatever he can, and he is content with the first witr, because there are not two witr in one night, as stated in the hadith. Yes.