If the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) missed the voluntary night prayer because of sickness or something else, he would make it up in the daytime. At night he would pray eleven Rak‘ahs as Witr, but since the Witr time passed, he would pray it as an even number, i.e. twelve Rak‘ahs instead of eleven.

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7. Hadith

• I saw you pray towards a direction other than the Qiblah! He said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) doing so, I would not have done it
• There is a prayer between every two Adhāns; there is a prayer between every two Adhāns." The third time, he said: "for whoever wills
• I used to pray with the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and his prayer was moderate in length and his sermon was moderate in length
• The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep at the beginning of the night and rise at its end to pray