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You know that one of the authentic Sunnahs of the Prophet (saw) was that he would pray Witr prayer every night. Before anything else, you can follow this link to learn more about Witr prayer. The opening paragraph on the link I just placed is:

“Witr prayer is one of the greatest acts of worship that draw one closer to Allaah. Some of the scholars – the Hanafis – even thought that it is one of the obligatory prayers, but the correct view is that it is one of the confirmed Sunnahs (Sunnah mu’akkadah) which the Muslim should observe regularly and not neglect.”

However, it is even more important to share with you one of the many Hadith related to praying Witr:

“Once a person asked Allah’s Apostle about the night prayer. Allah’s Apostle replied, “The night prayer is offered as two Rakat followed by two Rakat and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn (Fajr prayer) he should pray one Raka and this will be a Witr for all the Rakat which he has prayed before.” Nafi’ told that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rakat and (the third) odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain matter (during that interval between the Rakat).”

So, all in all–it is best to pray Witr as often as possible. Of course, praying every night would be the best way to go. But if you find that difficult then try for just tonight to pray that one extra Rakah before you go to sleep tonight. Just one.

I wanted to thank a friend of mine, Ahmed *****, for giving me this idea. We were talking on the phone and he mentioned that this was one of the things the Prophet (saw) would never leave. So Jazakumullahu Khayran Katheeran and may Allah (swt) grant you the highest place in Jannah without being reckoned.