Making up the Witr Prayer for One Who Sleeps Through the Night Prayer

Question:
She says: I pray the witr in the last third of the night, but sometimes sleep overcomes me, and I do not wake up until after the adhan for Fajr. What is the ruling? Do I make it up?

Answer:
Yes, if she usually gets up at night but on some nights sleep overcomes her and she sleeps, it is recommended (mustahabb) for her to make it up after the sun has risen, between the rising of the sun and the time of Zuhr. She makes it up, but with an even number of rak'ahs. So if she usually prays witr with three rak'ahs, she prays four; if she usually prays witr with five, she prays six; and if she usually prays witr with eleven, she prays twelve rak'ahs, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do when he missed the night prayer. However, if her habit is that she does not get up in the last part of the night, then what is more emphasized for her, and better for her, is to pray witr before she goes to sleep, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised Abu Hurayrah to pray witr before sleeping, because he (may Allah be pleased with him) used to stay up late to narrate and memorize hadith, and did not get up in the last part of the night. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to pray witr before sleeping. Yes.