The honorable Shaykh! You mentioned the witr prayer, may Allah guide you. I ask you to explain to us the manner of the witr prayer with five, nine, and eleven rak'ahs, for I do not know its manner.
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh says! You mentioned the witr prayer, may Allah guide you. I ask you to explain to us the manner of the witr prayer with five, nine, and eleven rak'ahs, for I do not know its manner?
The Shaykh : All right. Witr with one rak'ah is clear. With three, there are two manners: either you conclude the prayer after two rak'ahs and then perform the third, or you combine all three with a single tashahhud. Do not make it like the Maghrib prayer.
With five: you perform them continuously and do not sit except at the end. With seven: you perform them continuously and do not sit except at the end.
With nine: you sit after the eighth, recite the tashahhud, and do not conclude the prayer. Then you perform the ninth and conclude the prayer.
With eleven: you perform them in pairs and conclude with one. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward our Shaykh and our father with the best reward and benefit us with his knowledge.
The Shaykh : There are papers being distributed now.
The questioner : And may He benefit us with his knowledge, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad. And since this meeting precedes the month of Ashura, there is a paper on the virtue of fasting the Day of Ashura that will be distributed, if Allah wills, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.
The Shaykh : All right. Witr with one rak'ah is clear. With three, there are two manners: either you conclude the prayer after two rak'ahs and then perform the third, or you combine all three with a single tashahhud. Do not make it like the Maghrib prayer.
With five: you perform them continuously and do not sit except at the end. With seven: you perform them continuously and do not sit except at the end.
With nine: you sit after the eighth, recite the tashahhud, and do not conclude the prayer. Then you perform the ninth and conclude the prayer.
With eleven: you perform them in pairs and conclude with one. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward our Shaykh and our father with the best reward and benefit us with his knowledge.
The Shaykh : There are papers being distributed now.
The questioner : And may He benefit us with his knowledge, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad. And since this meeting precedes the month of Ashura, there is a paper on the virtue of fasting the Day of Ashura that will be distributed, if Allah wills, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.