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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on praying the Witr prayer in three rak'ahs with a sitting after the second

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for a person to pray the Witr prayer in three rak'ahs in the manner of the Maghrib prayer, sitting after the second rak'ah and then saying?

Answer:
No, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that. He said:
Do not make it resemble the Maghrib prayerلا تشبهها بصلاة المغرب
, but it is permissible to pray all three in succession without sitting. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/كيد الشيطان/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:32)

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