How to Pray Witr and Following a School of Jurisprudence
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The questioner : Brother Nizam, am I speaking with you about Tamam al-Mana, or something else?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Speak with me, and I don’t have extra copies, but I will send you a portion of them.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is why I told him that if you want to speak with Abu Abd al-Rahman, I will speak with him.
The Shaykh : No, he has already done it.
The questioner : That you leave it, meaning you make a separation between you and him, or between him and you, as you wish.
The Shaykh : No, no, I will not get involved in the matter; I am not a merchant.
The questioner : Seven, my brother.
The Shaykh : Peace to all the brothers.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : And may Allah bless you. Amen. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is our honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, and I thank Allah for you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : I called you yesterday, but the line was out of order; it was not possible.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you called just now, or like now.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And the same for you.
The questioner : We would like to ask, may Allah reward you with good. Please inform us about the Witr prayer: three rak'ahs. Some people pray it as one rak'ah alone and two rak'ahs alone, for example.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ah, the difference in the extent of the differences between the schools of jurisprudence, I don’t know how. And is a person obligated to follow a school of jurisprudence?
The Shaykh : First, regarding the Witr, the one praying has a choice between two forms.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The first form is to pray the even number with a tashahhud and taslim, then to pray the odd number with one rak'ah, separating between the even and the odd. This is the best and most established. The second form is to pray the Witr as three consecutive, continuous rak'ahs without a middle tashahhud, and with one final tashahhud and taslim. As for what many people do when they pray the Witr like the Maghrib prayer, with two tashahhuds and one taslim, this is prohibited. This is what concerns the manner of praying the Witr.
The questioner : So, is it permissible to pray it as three rak'ahs now?
The Shaykh : Did I not tell you, may Allah bless you? There are two prescribed forms. The first form is separating between the even and the odd, understood?
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And the second form.
The questioner : A second question.
The Shaykh : And the second form is to pray the Witr as three rak'ahs with one tashahhud and one taslim.
The questioner : Okay, what about the supplication of Qunut that is always recited?
The Shaykh : This has become a third question. You said you had two questions.
The questioner : It is forbidden. We recorded it for you today.
The Shaykh : We recorded it for you.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : We need to answer your second question. After that, if you have a third question, give us your support.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may Allah bless you. As for following a specific school of jurisprudence, the Muslim is not obligated to follow a specific school of jurisprudence. He is obligated to ask the people of knowledge without being restricted to a living or dead scholar.[An-Nahl 16:43]
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I benefited from the series of weak and fabricated hadiths. In a hadith there is the phrase "My Ummah is mercy."
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : How many are with me?
The Shaykh : Rather, it is a calamity. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you. As for the Witr and the Qunut in it, it is prescribed sometimes, not always. The Qunut in the Witr is prescribed sometimes, not always.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And after the ruku', that is the established sunnah. It is permissible before the ruku' following some of the Companions, such as 'Umar and Ibn Mas'ud and others. Do you have a fourth question? Yes.
The questioner : In the position of the hands. On the chest, or?
The Shaykh : On the chest, and not below the navel.
The questioner : He tells you that the sunnah is to place them on the chest. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) — I read it from the description of the Prophet’s prayer by our honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. And you have made great efforts.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : And you told me the meeting would be in the office. By Allah, I had been hoping for it since I came to al-Buqa' once.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I wanted to see you once. They told us there was a gathering, I don’t know, a lesson, so I was eager, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Why didn’t I see him?
The questioner : From your lessons, I mean.
The Shaykh : Why didn’t we see you?
The questioner : By Allah, there is Muhammad Ra'fat.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : O Umm al-Khayr, this is an honorable Shaykh as well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you and him.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you and him.
The questioner : It must be through tourism that you get to know me, since you were in Syria.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes.
The questioner : You are very eager, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Welcome. And where is your land now?
The questioner : I am in the village of Abu Musayr, but I work in Shunah, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, let’s see you at the Al-Abbar Mosque.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How do you go, something?
The Shaykh : No, I do not give lessons except like these lessons that you are with me in now.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. By Allah, you have served Islam greatly. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. With your prayers.
The questioner : That your life be prolonged.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : So that, if Allah wills, it becomes the ambition of innovation.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : And I hope for that, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : You have noble services.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : Welcome. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace.
The Shaykh : Peace, mercy of Allah, and His blessings be upon you.
The presenter : Allah, Allah, Allah. The people, O our Shaykh,
The Shaykh : are like the ores of gold and silver.
The presenter : This is a message from our Shaykh to our brother. If you would be kind and give it to us? Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. It is written for you on a paper wider than his paper.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.Sunan Abi Dawud 4859Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani).
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Speak with me, and I don’t have extra copies, but I will send you a portion of them.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is why I told him that if you want to speak with Abu Abd al-Rahman, I will speak with him.
The Shaykh : No, he has already done it.
The questioner : That you leave it, meaning you make a separation between you and him, or between him and you, as you wish.
The Shaykh : No, no, I will not get involved in the matter; I am not a merchant.
The questioner : Seven, my brother.
The Shaykh : Peace to all the brothers.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : And may Allah bless you. Amen. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How is our honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, and I thank Allah for you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : I called you yesterday, but the line was out of order; it was not possible.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you called just now, or like now.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And the same for you.
The questioner : We would like to ask, may Allah reward you with good. Please inform us about the Witr prayer: three rak'ahs. Some people pray it as one rak'ah alone and two rak'ahs alone, for example.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ah, the difference in the extent of the differences between the schools of jurisprudence, I don’t know how. And is a person obligated to follow a school of jurisprudence?
The Shaykh : First, regarding the Witr, the one praying has a choice between two forms.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The first form is to pray the even number with a tashahhud and taslim, then to pray the odd number with one rak'ah, separating between the even and the odd. This is the best and most established. The second form is to pray the Witr as three consecutive, continuous rak'ahs without a middle tashahhud, and with one final tashahhud and taslim. As for what many people do when they pray the Witr like the Maghrib prayer, with two tashahhuds and one taslim, this is prohibited. This is what concerns the manner of praying the Witr.
The questioner : So, is it permissible to pray it as three rak'ahs now?
The Shaykh : Did I not tell you, may Allah bless you? There are two prescribed forms. The first form is separating between the even and the odd, understood?
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And the second form.
The questioner : A second question.
The Shaykh : And the second form is to pray the Witr as three rak'ahs with one tashahhud and one taslim.
The questioner : Okay, what about the supplication of Qunut that is always recited?
The Shaykh : This has become a third question. You said you had two questions.
The questioner : It is forbidden. We recorded it for you today.
The Shaykh : We recorded it for you.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : We need to answer your second question. After that, if you have a third question, give us your support.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may Allah bless you. As for following a specific school of jurisprudence, the Muslim is not obligated to follow a specific school of jurisprudence. He is obligated to ask the people of knowledge without being restricted to a living or dead scholar.
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I benefited from the series of weak and fabricated hadiths. In a hadith there is the phrase "My Ummah is mercy."
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : How many are with me?
The Shaykh : Rather, it is a calamity. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you. As for the Witr and the Qunut in it, it is prescribed sometimes, not always. The Qunut in the Witr is prescribed sometimes, not always.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And after the ruku', that is the established sunnah. It is permissible before the ruku' following some of the Companions, such as 'Umar and Ibn Mas'ud and others. Do you have a fourth question? Yes.
The questioner : In the position of the hands. On the chest, or?
The Shaykh : On the chest, and not below the navel.
The questioner : He tells you that the sunnah is to place them on the chest. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) — I read it from the description of the Prophet’s prayer by our honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. And you have made great efforts.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : And you told me the meeting would be in the office. By Allah, I had been hoping for it since I came to al-Buqa' once.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I wanted to see you once. They told us there was a gathering, I don’t know, a lesson, so I was eager, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Why didn’t I see him?
The questioner : From your lessons, I mean.
The Shaykh : Why didn’t we see you?
The questioner : By Allah, there is Muhammad Ra'fat.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : O Umm al-Khayr, this is an honorable Shaykh as well.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you and him.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you and him.
The questioner : It must be through tourism that you get to know me, since you were in Syria.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes.
The questioner : You are very eager, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Welcome. And where is your land now?
The questioner : I am in the village of Abu Musayr, but I work in Shunah, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, let’s see you at the Al-Abbar Mosque.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How do you go, something?
The Shaykh : No, I do not give lessons except like these lessons that you are with me in now.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. By Allah, you have served Islam greatly. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. With your prayers.
The questioner : That your life be prolonged.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : So that, if Allah wills, it becomes the ambition of innovation.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : And I hope for that, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : You have noble services.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : Welcome. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace.
The Shaykh : Peace, mercy of Allah, and His blessings be upon you.
The presenter : Allah, Allah, Allah. The people, O our Shaykh,
The Shaykh : are like the ores of gold and silver.
The presenter : This is a message from our Shaykh to our brother. If you would be kind and give it to us? Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. It is written for you on a paper wider than his paper.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
Glory be to Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.
وسبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 242 — d3watuna.com (7:45)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.