And from Nafi' that 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar used to say the closing salam between the first and second rak'ahs in the witr prayer until he would attend to some of his needs.
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The reader: And from Nafi': Muwatta Malik 7:20.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author, may Allah have mercy on him, al-Bukhari, said: The chapter on what has come regarding the witr prayer.
Witr is the opposite of shaf' (even), its minimum is one, and its maximum has no limit; this is from the linguistic perspective. For example, 101 is considered witr, and 1001 is considered witr. However, the discussion here is about the prescribed witr, which is the witr prayer; its minimum is one rak'ah and its maximum is eleven rak'ahs.
The scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed on whether the witr is obligatory, a recommended practice, or if there is a detailed ruling regarding it.
Some of them said: It is obligatory in all cases. Some said: It is a recommended practice in all cases. And some said: Whoever has tahajjud (late-night voluntary prayer) in the night, let him perform witr as an obligation, and whoever does not have tahajjud, then witr is a recommended practice for him.
The correct view is that witr is a recommended practice in all cases, and that the commands regarding it are to be understood as recommendations. The evidence for this is the hadith of the man who asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about Islam, and he mentioned to him the five prayers, and he said, "Is there anything else upon me?" He said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 458Sahih (Darussalam) meaning, but if you offer voluntary prayers, there is no harm, otherwise there is nothing upon you except these five. So the correct view is that witr is a recommended practice, but it is a strongly recommended practice that it is disliked for a person to leave it. So much so that Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Whoever leaves the witr is a bad man, and his testimony should not be accepted", because witr is one rak'ah, and it has great virtue. And whoever leaves it despite its ease and its strong recommendation is undoubtedly negligent, and he deserves to be described as a bad man, and his testimony is not accepted because he neglected a strongly confirmed matter without any burden.
that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say the taslim between the two rakas and the one raka of witr so that he could order something he needed.
أن عبد الله بن عمر كان يسلم بين الركعة والركعتين في الوتر حتى يأمر ببعض حاجتهThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author, may Allah have mercy on him, al-Bukhari, said: The chapter on what has come regarding the witr prayer.
Witr is the opposite of shaf' (even), its minimum is one, and its maximum has no limit; this is from the linguistic perspective. For example, 101 is considered witr, and 1001 is considered witr. However, the discussion here is about the prescribed witr, which is the witr prayer; its minimum is one rak'ah and its maximum is eleven rak'ahs.
The scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed on whether the witr is obligatory, a recommended practice, or if there is a detailed ruling regarding it.
Some of them said: It is obligatory in all cases. Some said: It is a recommended practice in all cases. And some said: Whoever has tahajjud (late-night voluntary prayer) in the night, let him perform witr as an obligation, and whoever does not have tahajjud, then witr is a recommended practice for him.
The correct view is that witr is a recommended practice in all cases, and that the commands regarding it are to be understood as recommendations. The evidence for this is the hadith of the man who asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about Islam, and he mentioned to him the five prayers, and he said, "Is there anything else upon me?" He said: