Prayer: How is the 11-rakʿah night prayer (Salāt al-Layl) performed step by step?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: How is the 11-rakʿah night prayer (Salāt al-Layl) performed step by step?

English:

Question #717:

Please explain in detail how to perform the night prayer?

Answer #717:

Night prayer comprises eleven rak‘ahs in all. Eight of these rak‘ahs, which are performed two by two, are called night prayer. The next two-rak‘ah prayer performed like morning prayer is called shaf‘ prayer, and the last rak‘ah is known as rak‘ah of witr. It is mustaḥabb, in the qunūt of the rak‘ah of witr, to seek Allah’s forgiveness, to pray for believers, and to make appeals for fulfilment of requests to the Beneficent Allah, in accordance with what is mentioned in the books of supplications.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer