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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If one misses the night prayer or the witr, he makes it up during the Dhuha of the following day

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Question:
The messages for this episode include a letter signed by one of the listeners, N. A. A., who asks and says: If a person misses some of the night prayer or the witr prayer, when should he make it up? Does he make it up in the morning with the Dhuha prayer, or after the Zuhr prayer? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions. As for the one who misses his night prayer or the witr, he makes it up after the sun has risen, between the sun’s rising and its reaching the zenith of the sky before the time of Zuhr enters. All of this time is for making up the night prayer and the witr for the one who missed any of it, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. If he missed his night prayer and witr, he would make them up during the Dhuha. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray eleven rak'ahs at night. If he made them up during the day, he would make the number even, so he would make up twelve rak'ahs. Likewise, the one who misses his night prayer, if he wants to make it up with the witr during the day, he makes it up as an even number. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4890- من فاته قيام من الليل أو الوتر يقضيه في ضحى اليوم التالي - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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