The imam changing his intention in the witr after the takbir

Question : The fourth point is the imam changing his intention in the witr after the takbir to make it an even number. He intends to make it three, and his intention when he said the takbir was that he wanted to pray an even number, then he made it three.

Answer : This does not harm, because the even number is part of the witr. So the witr with three: if you wish, you divide it, and if you wish, you pray some of it with some. That is, you may pray the witr with three with one tashahhud, and you may pray the witr with three with two tashahhuds and two taslims. For example, if a person enters the prayer intending to pray two rak'ahs, then say the taslim, then pray the third, but he intends to make it three in a row, there is no harm. Likewise, the reverse is permissible: if he enters intending to pray three in a row, then he changes to two, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.