If a person performs the witr prayer before sleeping and then gets up in the last part of the night, is it permissible for him to pray the witr a second time?
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The questioner : If a person performs the witr prayer before sleeping and then gets up in the last part of the night, is it permissible for him to pray the witr a second time, or is his witr in the first part of the night sufficient?
The Shaykh : First, it must be known that if a person hopes to get up in the last part of the night, he should delay the witr to the last part of the night. If he does not hope to get up in the last part of the night, he should perform the witr before sleeping, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 755a.
If a person does not expect to get up in the last part of the night and performs the witr in the first part, but then it is decreed for him that he gets up, he should pray two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and not repeat the witr. This is because the witr is a single rak'ah, and it has already been performed by him, and there is only one night, and there are not two witr prayers in one night.
The Shaykh : First, it must be known that if a person hopes to get up in the last part of the night, he should delay the witr to the last part of the night. If he does not hope to get up in the last part of the night, he should perform the witr before sleeping, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should observe Witr in the first part of it; and if anyone is eager to get up in the last part of it, he should observe Witr at the end of the night, for prayer at the end of the night is witnessed (by the angels) and that is preferable.
من خاف أن لا يقوم من آخر الليل فليوتر أوله ، ومن طمع أن يقوم من آخره فليوتر آخر الليل ، فإن صلاة آخر الليل مشهودة وذلك أفضلIf a person does not expect to get up in the last part of the night and performs the witr in the first part, but then it is decreed for him that he gets up, he should pray two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and not repeat the witr. This is because the witr is a single rak'ah, and it has already been performed by him, and there is only one night, and there are not two witr prayers in one night.