Is it permissible to pray Witr three rak'ahs in the manner mentioned (separating the second and third rak'ah with tashahhud without salam, and reciting the supplication of Tahajjud silently between the recitation of the surah and the bowing in the third rak'ah)?
What the Imam and the congregants did by praying Witr three rak'ahs with two tashahhuds and one salam, and performing qunut before bowing, is a matter of jurisprudential disagreement. Witr has two legitimate forms: (reciting three rak'ahs continuously with one and one salam, or two rak'ahs followed by a salam and then one rak'ah). Praying three rak'ahs with two tashahhuds and one salam is prohibited. Performing Witr qunut before bowing is mentioned in the authentic . There is no harm in praying behind this Imam, because what they are doing is an تقليد (emulation) of a mujtahid Imam, and because the prayer of the congregant is valid behind his Imam even if the Imam is mistaken in the matter itself. The congregant may pray behind his Imam even if there is a jurisprudential disagreement between them on some issues.
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