The Ruling on the Witr Prayer and Abandoning the Witr
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a man prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and does not pray the witr, is there anything required of him in that? Is the witr prayer obligatory?
Answer:
The witr prayer is a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice). The Hanafis hold that it is obligatory, and they make the witr obligatory. As for the majority, they say it is a confirmed sunnah, not obligatory. This is because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught the Bedouin the five prayersSunan an-Nasa'i 458Sahih (Darussalam), it indicated that the obligatory prayers are the five prayers, and whatever is added to them is voluntary.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a man prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and does not pray the witr, is there anything required of him in that? Is the witr prayer obligatory?
Answer:
The witr prayer is a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice). The Hanafis hold that it is obligatory, and they make the witr obligatory. As for the majority, they say it is a confirmed sunnah, not obligatory. This is because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught the Bedouin the five prayers
He said: 'Do I have to do anything else?' He said: 'No, unless you do it voluntarily.'
قال هل علي غيرها؟ قال لا، إلا أن تطوع
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 21-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (56:34)
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