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Ending the night prayer with Witr

ختم صلاة الليل بالوتر

The night prayer ends with an odd number of rak'at (Witr).

The practice

Ibn 'Umar reports in al-Bukhari that the Prophet ﷺ told his Companions to make the last of their night prayer Witr, an odd number of rak'at.

islamweb's fatwa gives its time as from after 'Isha until dawn, and says that one who sleeps through it or forgets prays it when he wakes or remembers.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 998

Grades
Grader	Verdict
al-Bukhari	Sahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)

Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ اجْعَلُوا آخِرَ صَلاَتِكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وِتْرًا ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make witr as your last prayer at night

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Scholarly opinionThe time of the Witr prayer (islamweb fatwa 8288)islamweb.net

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