4 farz rakah
2 sunnah (minimum 2 and no maximum limit) and
Witr . Witr has to be odd number of rakah, it can be from 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 rakahs. Generally people offer 1 or 3 rakah of witr
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.105 Narrated by Ibn Umar
Once a person asked Allah's Apostle (saws) about the night prayer. Allah's Apostle (saws) 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 Rakah, and this will be a Witr for all the Rakat which he has prayed before."
At-Tirmidhi recorded : "It has been related from the Prophet (saws), that he would perform the witr prayer with thirteen, nine, seven, five, three rak'at or one rak'ah."
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