What is recited in the Witr prayer when it is performed as a single unit?
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Question:
The questioner asks: In the Witr prayer, if I pray one unit, what do I recite in it? And what is the minimum for perfection in the Witr prayer?
Answer:
In it, you recite what you recite with the odd-numbered prayer, or with the even-numbered prayer: in the rak'ah of the witr, you recite al-Fatihah and Surat al-Ikhlas,[Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4] whether you perform the witr with a single rak'ah or you complete the preceding rak'ahs in pairs. Yes.
The questioner asks: In the Witr prayer, if I pray one unit, what do I recite in it? And what is the minimum for perfection in the Witr prayer?
Answer:
In it, you recite what you recite with the odd-numbered prayer, or with the even-numbered prayer: in the rak'ah of the witr, you recite al-Fatihah and Surat al-Ikhlas,
(1) Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, (2) Allah, the Eternal Refuge. (3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7521- ماذا يقرأ من أوتر بركعة واحدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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