If I miss the Witr prayer and intend to make it up in the morning, do I pray it as one rak'ah or two, knowing the hadith "There are not two Witr prayers in one night"?
Whoever misses Witr due to sleep or forgetfulness should perform it as an even number of rak'ahs during the day. So, if he used to pray three rak'ahs, he should pray four. The evidence for this is the action of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as narrated by Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that when sleep, pain, or illness prevented him from performing the night prayer, he would pray twelve rak'ahs during the day. As for the hadith "There are not two witrs in one night," it means that a Muslim is not allowed to pray two witrs in one night. And whoever performs Witr at the beginning of the night may pray as much as he wishes but should not perform Witr again.
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