If you have prayed Witr after 'Isha' and you intend to stand in night prayer, do you pray a single rak'ah to make the number even and thereby complete what you prayed as Witr, or do you pray without a Witr?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. I would like clarification on how to perform the night prayer. I know that I pray Witr after the 'Isha' prayer and then go to sleep. When I get up for the night prayer, do I pray a single rak'ah so that it becomes the second and I make even what I prayed as Witr, or do I pray without a Witr at the end of the night? May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Answer:
For the one who is confident that he will get up at the end of the night, and it is likely that he will get up, and he is accustomed to doing so, it is better to delay the Witr until the end of the night, concluding with it whatever he prays of the night prayer. This is in accordance with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Make the last of your prayer at night a Witr."
As for the one who is not confident that he will get up, and fears that he will not get up at the end of the night, he should pray Witr before he sleeps. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Abu Hurayrah to pray Witr before sleeping, because Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed up late narrating and memorizing hadith, and was unable to get up at the end of the night. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised him to pray Witr before sleeping. The same applies to everyone who is not confident that he will get up at the end of the night. However, if it happens that he prayed Witr at the beginning of the night, and then Allah made it easy for him to get up at the end of the night, he is content with his first Witr, and he prays whatever is easy for him at the end of the night, and he is content with his first Witr. He does not break the Witr with a rak'ah, as read in the question, but rather he leaves it as it is, and it is a valid Witr, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. I would like clarification on how to perform the night prayer. I know that I pray Witr after the 'Isha' prayer and then go to sleep. When I get up for the night prayer, do I pray a single rak'ah so that it becomes the second and I make even what I prayed as Witr, or do I pray without a Witr at the end of the night? May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Answer:
For the one who is confident that he will get up at the end of the night, and it is likely that he will get up, and he is accustomed to doing so, it is better to delay the Witr until the end of the night, concluding with it whatever he prays of the night prayer. This is in accordance with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Make the last of your prayer at night a Witr."
As for the one who is not confident that he will get up, and fears that he will not get up at the end of the night, he should pray Witr before he sleeps. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Abu Hurayrah to pray Witr before sleeping, because Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed up late narrating and memorizing hadith, and was unable to get up at the end of the night. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised him to pray Witr before sleeping. The same applies to everyone who is not confident that he will get up at the end of the night. However, if it happens that he prayed Witr at the beginning of the night, and then Allah made it easy for him to get up at the end of the night, he is content with his first Witr, and he prays whatever is easy for him at the end of the night, and he is content with his first Witr. He does not break the Witr with a rak'ah, as read in the question, but rather he leaves it as it is, and it is a valid Witr, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا أوترت بعد العشاء وأردت قيام الليل هل أُصلي ركعة واحدة لكي أشفع بها ما أوترت، أم أُصلي بدون وتر؟ — youtube.com
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