I pray the night prayer in congregation, and before sleeping I pray two rak'ahs of shaf' and one rak'ah of witr. Is my practice correct?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. The last question from our brother says: I perform the night prayer in congregation, praise be to Allah, and before sleeping I perform two rak'ahs of shaf' and one rak'ah of witr. Is this practice of mine correct?
Answer:
Yes, your practice is correct, but before the shaf' and before the witr, you perform the rawatib, the rawatib of the night prayer, which is two rak'ahs after the night prayer; this is the rawatib. Then after that, you pray the two rak'ahs of shaf', then you pray the two rak'ahs of witr. This is if you do not trust that you will get up in the last part of the night. But if you trust that you will get up in the last part of the night before the dawn, then it is better to delay the witr to the last part of the night, and to pray whatever is easy for you in the last part of the night, and to conclude it with the witr before the dawn breaks. This is what is better. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. The last question from our brother says: I perform the night prayer in congregation, praise be to Allah, and before sleeping I perform two rak'ahs of shaf' and one rak'ah of witr. Is this practice of mine correct?
Answer:
Yes, your practice is correct, but before the shaf' and before the witr, you perform the rawatib, the rawatib of the night prayer, which is two rak'ahs after the night prayer; this is the rawatib. Then after that, you pray the two rak'ahs of shaf', then you pray the two rak'ahs of witr. This is if you do not trust that you will get up in the last part of the night. But if you trust that you will get up in the last part of the night before the dawn, then it is better to delay the witr to the last part of the night, and to pray whatever is easy for you in the last part of the night, and to conclude it with the witr before the dawn breaks. This is what is better. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أصلي العشاء في جماعة، وقبل النوم أصلي ركعتي شفع، ثم ركعة وتر، فهل عملي صحيح؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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