Resuming the discussion on the issue of making up the witr prayer.

The questioner : I say, we have proceeded in this issue...

The Shaykh : You have done well, listen to the answer. Making up (qada') in the Shari'ah is, and the linguistic meaning is naturally not the meaning of performing the act of worship outside its time. This meaning is technical, not Shari'ah-based or linguistic. The linguistic meaning is bringing the act of worship to completion, as the Exalted said: . Does any Arab, or even any non-Arab like me, understand "I made up the prayer" to mean "I performed it outside its time"? Of course not. So, if you make up the prayer, it means you completed it, then disperse. Likewise, His saying, the Exalted: This is exactly the same. You have finished making up the rites of Hajj, not as it was said, "Hajj, and the people are returning," "Hajj, and the people are returning," the people are returning from Hajj while he is going to perform Hajj as a make-up. No. So, when you have made up your rites, it means in the prescribed time. And likewise his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: And in a narration: And because of this second narration, and due to the poor understanding of the non-Arab jurists who followed my Hanafi school, they differed with the majority of jurists regarding the one who joins the prayer late by one rak'ah or more, who has entered the prayer and missed a rak'ah, whether when he stands to perform this rak'ah, it is the completion of the prayer...