The Witr Prayer and the Number of Its Rak'ahs
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The questioner:
Your Eminence (may Allah preserve you) is asked about the Qunut prayer, how many rak'ahs it has, and what its time is?
The Shaykh:
Which Qunut?
The presenter:
He probably means the Witr, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Glory be to Allah, one does not recite the Qunut prayer, the night prayer, or the Tarawih prayer. One does not recite the Qunut prayer; rather, it is a supplication made in the last rak'ah. This is called Qunut. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And the supplication after bowing in the last rak'ah of the Witr, as I said.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And it is not called "the prayer"; it is called the night prayer, the Tarawih prayer,
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
The intended prayer is the night prayer, which has no fixed limit.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
If he breaks his fast with one, three, five, or more, but the Sunnah is that he says the closing salam after every two, then concludes with one, making his Witr with one, based on the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:Sunan Ibn Majah 1175Sahih (Darussalam) meaning two by two,
The presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1326Sahih (Al-Albani).
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Your Eminence (may Allah preserve you) is asked about the Qunut prayer, how many rak'ahs it has, and what its time is?
The Shaykh:
Which Qunut?
The presenter:
He probably means the Witr, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Glory be to Allah, one does not recite the Qunut prayer, the night prayer, or the Tarawih prayer. One does not recite the Qunut prayer; rather, it is a supplication made in the last rak'ah. This is called Qunut. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And the supplication after bowing in the last rak'ah of the Witr, as I said.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And it is not called "the prayer"; it is called the night prayer, the Tarawih prayer,
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
The intended prayer is the night prayer, which has no fixed limit.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
If he breaks his fast with one, three, five, or more, but the Sunnah is that he says the closing salam after every two, then concludes with one, making his Witr with one, based on the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:
(ﷺ) said: ‘Night prayers are to be offered two
صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة الليل مثنى مثنىThe presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.
إذا خشي أحد من الصبح صلى ركعة واحدة توتر له ما قد صلىThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 4378 - صلاة الوتر وعدد ركعاتها - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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