The Lawfulness of Praying the Odd Number of Rak'ahs at Night or Day, and the Truth That One Who Persists in It Will Receive the Intercession of the Prophet

The questioner:
Is it true that persisting in the prayer of the odd number leads to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) interceding for the one who performs it?

The Shaykh:
I do not know of anything regarding this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

The presenter:
May Allah send blessings upon him.

The Shaykh:
Rather, the believer prays in pairs during the day and night; this is in the Sunnah. Yes. The Prophet said:
And there is no odd number in the prayer except for the odd number of the night, a single rak'ah with which one prays the witr, or in some of the prayer of fear; in some types of the prayer of fear, they pray one rak'ah. As for the Sunnah, the prayer is always and perpetually in pairs, except for the Maghrib prayer, which is an odd number of three, as Allah made it obligatory as three. As for the Zuhr, 'Asr, 'Isha', and Fajr, they are all in pairs. Likewise, all the voluntary prayers are prayed in pairs, two by two, unless one prays a single rak'ah. And so it was in some types of the prayer of fear, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed one rak'ah when facing the enemies. As for the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercedes for the one who prays in pairs, I do not know of any basis for it. Yes.