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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the Witr prayer in the last part of the night witnessed?

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The questioner : The prayer of the stone is well known, and I give them. The prayer in the last part of the night is witnessed, so the time up to the Fajr prayer becomes a witnessed time, and one performs Witr in a witnessed time. So if someone were to say that it is permissible to perform Witr until the beginning of the Fajr prayer because it is a witnessed time,

The Shaykh : The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prayer of...

The questioner : We prayed with a little.

The Shaykh : The last part of the night, the last part of the night, so if the last part of the night means before Fajr.

The questioner : And Fajr itself.

The Shaykh : Fajr is witnessed because it is a prayer recited aloud, so the angels witness it. The angels witness the Fajr prayer and the 'Asr prayer, because those who succeed one another among us witness these two prayers.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1000 - هل صلاة الوتر في آخر الليل تكون مشهودة؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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