{"_id":"69b878b429c545be2c6c55d0","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What should someone do if the imam prays three rakʿahs of witr while they intended two rakʿahs of tarawih?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"At my masjid, the imam usually prays witr as 2 + 1 (shafʿ and witr). When that happens, I pray the two rakʿahs with the imam as tarawih and then do not continue with the witr.\\n\\nHowever, one night the imam prayed three rakʿahs of witr continuously without sitting for tashahhud or giving salām after two rakʿahs. I had already made the intention for two rakʿahs of tarawih. When the imam stood for the third rakʿah, I sat, completed the tashahhud, and gave salām without continuing with them.\\n\\nSomeone later told me that I should not stop before the imam. She said that in this case I should have continued with the imam and then prayed a fourth rakʿah after he finished. She also mentioned that tarawih can be prayed as four rakʿahs. Is that correct?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"In that situation, you would either sit and wait for the imam to return to the tashahhud position and then exit your prayer after the imam's salaam as usual, or you would intend in your heart to separate from the imam and complete your prayer independently without waiting for him.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe60b76658b4c232875","tag":"Salah: Congregational","count":92},{"_id":"668d9ffe0b76658b4c232b36","tag":"Salah: Taraweeh","count":23},{"_id":"668da0200b76658b4c232ed2","tag":"Salah: Witr","count":19}],"createdOn":"2026-03-16T21:40:04.057Z"}