The Best Time for the Witr Prayer
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Question:
Your second question. The second one, Honorable Shaykh, what is the best time for the witr prayer? If a person prays it at two in the morning, does that count as witr? Thank you.
Answer:
Everything between the 'Isha' prayer and the dawn is a time for witr. However, if you are confident that you will get up in the last part of the night, then witr in the last part of the night is better. You pray whatever is easy for you and conclude it with witr; this is the best. If you fear that you will not get up in the last part of the night, you pray witr at the beginning of the night after 'Isha'. If Allah makes it easy for you and you get up, you pray whatever voluntary prayers are easy for you and are content with the first witr, without repeating it a second time. Yes.
Your second question. The second one, Honorable Shaykh, what is the best time for the witr prayer? If a person prays it at two in the morning, does that count as witr? Thank you.
Answer:
Everything between the 'Isha' prayer and the dawn is a time for witr. However, if you are confident that you will get up in the last part of the night, then witr in the last part of the night is better. You pray whatever is easy for you and conclude it with witr; this is the best. If you fear that you will not get up in the last part of the night, you pray witr at the beginning of the night after 'Isha'. If Allah makes it easy for you and you get up, you pray whatever voluntary prayers are easy for you and are content with the first witr, without repeating it a second time. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (088) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-04-29] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (11:55)
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