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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Prophet pray two rak'ahs after the witr?

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Question : The questioner writes: Should one pray after the two rak'ahs? Does this establish that there is no dislike in the complexity? Yes.

Answer : No. First, the most common practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was that he did not pray two rak'ahs; that was his most frequent action. He sometimes prayed two rak'ahs while sitting, not standing. The scholars differed on this. Some said that this is the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it cannot be contradicted by his words; that is, his words cannot contradict his action. If he said, "Make the last of your prayer at night the witr," that is an explicit statement. If he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed two rak'ahs sitting after the witr and did not make it a constant habit, then we cannot make it...
...a reason to leave this hadith, because there is a contradiction, and his action does not contradict his words. This is a sound answer, without a doubt. Ibn al-Qayyim said regarding the explanation of these two rak'ahs that they are in the position of the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones) of the obligatory prayer, meaning they are attached to the witr. Therefore, it does not conflict with making the last of his prayer at night the witr. He said that the evidence for this is that he placed them in a lower rank than the witr, as he used to pray them while sitting. I do not know if he said this or if it is from me, but he said that they are rawatib, that they are in the position of the rawatib attached to the obligatory prayer.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2512هل كان النبي يصلي بعد الوتر ركعتين؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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