Delaying the Witr Prayer Until After the Adhan of Fajr
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Question:
This person is asking about the Witr prayer at night, and he says: What is the ruling for the one who delays it until after the Adhan of Fajr?
Answer:
It is permissible to delay it until after the adhan of Fajr, provided it does not go beyond its time. When Fajr—the second Fajr, the horizontal one—appears, the time for the 'Isha' prayer ends, and it is not permissible to delay it beyond that, because this is a waste of the prayer; this is a loss of the prayer. If one does so intentionally, his prayer is not valid, even if he prays it. If he intentionally delays it beyond its time, it is not valid from him, even if he prays it, because Allah does not accept it.[An-Nisa 4:103-104] It is permissible for him to take the prayer out of its time intentionally, except for one who intends to combine prayers, among those for whom combining is permissible. This is combining by delay, where he delays the first prayer until the second and combines them by delay, or he brings forward the second and prays it with the first, which is combining by bringing forward. As for taking it out of its time without the excuse of combining, this is not permissible, and his prayer is not valid either. Rather, he must repent to Allah and be diligent in performing the prayer in the future. Yes.
This person is asking about the Witr prayer at night, and he says: What is the ruling for the one who delays it until after the Adhan of Fajr?
Answer:
It is permissible to delay it until after the adhan of Fajr, provided it does not go beyond its time. When Fajr—the second Fajr, the horizontal one—appears, the time for the 'Isha' prayer ends, and it is not permissible to delay it beyond that, because this is a waste of the prayer; this is a loss of the prayer. If one does so intentionally, his prayer is not valid, even if he prays it. If he intentionally delays it beyond its time, it is not valid from him, even if he prays it, because Allah does not accept it.
(103) And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides. But when you become secure, re-establish [regular] prayer. Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times. (104) And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allah that which they expect not. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا وَلَا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/275 — archive.org (16:49)
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