What is recited in the three rak'ahs of Witr
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Question:
You also say: I heard that a person recites in the odd-numbered prayer before Witr: Surat al-A'la in the first rak'ah, and recites Surat al-Kafirun in the second. Is what I heard correct?
Answer:
Yes, and this is the best. In the last three, one recites Subhan in the first: [al-A'la:1], and in the second: [al-Kafirun:1], and in the third: [al-Ikhlas:1].
The best is to conclude the prayer from the two, then perform one alone. If one combines the three, he recites them all in succession and does not sit except in the last one. All of this is a recommended practice (sunnah), but the best is to conclude from the two, then perform Witr with one. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
You also say: I heard that a person recites in the odd-numbered prayer before Witr: Surat al-A'la in the first rak'ah, and recites Surat al-Kafirun in the second. Is what I heard correct?
Answer:
Yes, and this is the best. In the last three, one recites Subhan in the first:
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَىSay: O you disbelievers!
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَSay, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌThe best is to conclude the prayer from the two, then perform one alone. If one combines the three, he recites them all in succession and does not sit except in the last one. All of this is a recommended practice (sunnah), but the best is to conclude from the two, then perform Witr with one. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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