The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not perform Witr (the odd numbered nightly prayer) to three rakahs making is seem like the Maghrib prayer. Rather extend it to five, or seven."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ أَوْتِرُوا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ بِسَبْعٍ»
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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not perform Witr (the odd numbered nightly prayer) to three rakahs making is seem like the Maghrib prayer. Rather extend it to five, or seven, nine, or eleven rakahs, or even more than that."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنْ أَوْتِرُوا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ بِتِسْعٍ أَوْ بِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»
[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said, "Do not perform Witr (an odd number of units of prayer) with three (units of prayer), rather perform it with five or seven. And do not resemble the Maghrib prayer."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ أَوْتِرُوا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ بِسَبْعٍ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not make it difficult for yourselves with three things: resembling the Maghrib prayer, performing the Witr prayer with seven units, or performing it with five units."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُوتِرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ تُشَبِّهُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ أَوْتِرُوا بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ بِخَمْسٍ