ٱلرَّحْمَٰنٱلرَّحِيمٱلْمَلِكٱلْقُدُّوسٱلسَّلَامٱلْمُؤْمِنٱلْمُهَيْمِنٱلْعَزِيزٱلرَّحْمَٰنٱلرَّحِيمٱلْمَلِكٱلْقُدُّوسٱلسَّلَامٱلْمُؤْمِنٱلْمُهَيْمِنٱلْعَزِيز

ٱللَّهٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهٱللَّهٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰه

صَلَاةزَكَاةصَوْمحَجّشَهَادَةتَقْوَىٰإِيمَانإِحْسَانتَوْبَةصَلَاةزَكَاةصَوْمحَجّشَهَادَةتَقْوَىٰإِيمَانإِحْسَانتَوْبَة

ٱلْجَبَّارٱلْمُتَكَبِّرٱلْخَالِقٱلْبَارِئٱلْمُصَوِّرٱلْغَفَّارٱلْجَبَّارٱلْمُتَكَبِّرٱلْخَالِقٱلْبَارِئٱلْمُصَوِّرٱلْغَفَّار

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمسُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهٱللَّهُ أَكْبَرلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهبِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمسُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهٱللَّهُ أَكْبَرلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّه

ٱلْوَدُودٱلرَّءُوفٱللَّطِيفٱلْحَلِيمٱلْكَرِيمٱلْغَفُورٱلشَّكُورٱلْحَيّٱلْقَيُّومٱلْوَدُودٱلرَّءُوفٱللَّطِيفٱلْحَلِيمٱلْكَرِيمٱلْغَفُورٱلشَّكُورٱلْحَيّٱلْقَيُّوم

ٱلْقُرْآنٱلْفُرْقَانٱلذِّكْرٱلْكِتَابٱلْهُدَىٰٱلنُّورٱلْحَقّٱلْقُرْآنٱلْفُرْقَانٱلذِّكْرٱلْكِتَابٱلْهُدَىٰٱلنُّورٱلْحَقّ

ٱلسَّمِيعٱلْبَصِيرٱلْعَلِيمٱلْحَكِيمٱلْوَاسِعٱلْمَجِيدٱلْوَكِيلٱلْمَتِينٱلسَّمِيعٱلْبَصِيرٱلْعَلِيمٱلْحَكِيمٱلْوَاسِعٱلْمَجِيدٱلْوَكِيلٱلْمَتِين

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sunnah · 3 rakats

How to pray Witr

Witr is an odd-numbered voluntary prayer — 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 rakats. The Prophet ﷺ never left it. The most common practice is 3 rakats.

When: Any time after Isha and before Fajr. Better in the last third of the night.

Steps

Method 1: 3 rakats in one salam
Pray 3 rakats without sitting for tashahhud after rakat 2. Sit only after the third rakat. Some scholars recite qunut du'a in the third rakat before or after ruku.
Method 2: 2 + 1
Pray 2 rakats and give salam. Then pray a separate 1-rakat witr with Al-Fatihah + a short surah, ending with tashahhud and salam.

Notes

Witr is often prayed with Surah Al-Ala in rakat 1, Al-Kafirun in rakat 2, and Al-Ikhlas (with the Mu'awwidhatan on some nights) in rakat 3.
If you tend to miss Witr, pray it right after Isha. If you're confident of waking up, defer it to Tahajjud.