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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Best Time for Night Prayer and Witr

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Question:
A questioner sent his question, saying: What is the best time for the night prayer?

Answer:
It is best to perform it in the last third of the night, because the last third of the night is the time of the Divine Descent, as is authentic in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Our lord gets down every night to the heaven of this world when a third night remainsينزل ربنا إلى سماء الدنيا حين يبقى ثلث الليل الآخر
Sunan Abi Dawud 4733Sahih (Al-Albani)
He says: “Is there anyone asking, that I may give him? Is there anyone calling upon Me, that I may answer him? Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?” until the dawn breaks.فيقول هل من سائل فأعطيه؟ هل من داع فأستجيب له؟ هل من مستغفر فأغفر له؟ إلى أن يطلع الفجر.
So prayer at this time is among the best of deeds. It is best to pray in the last third of the night. Likewise, one should delay the witr until it is his last prayer, acting on the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Make your last prayer of the night witr.” If one has already prayed witr at the beginning of the night and then gets up in the last part of the night, there is no harm in praying whatever is easy for him and relying on the first witr he prayed at the beginning of the night, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited two witr prayers in one night. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7528 — youtube.com (13:14)

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