The Manner of Standing in Night Prayer
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Question:
His Eminence the Shaykh, Abu 'Ammar, has this question: He says that he prays eleven rak'ahs of the night prayer after 'Isha', including two rak'ahs after 'Isha' and two rak'ahs of the sunnah of wudu' before the night prayer, and three rak'ahs as witr. Is my prayer valid? Please inform us, may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Witr is prescribed with whatever is easy, even if it is one rak'ah. If one performs witr with one rak'ah at night after the 'Isha' prayer and its sunnah, that is sufficient. If one performs witr with three, five, seven, nine, eleven, or thirteen, all of that is good.
The best is eleven if it is easy, or thirteen, saying the taslim after every two rak'ahs. If one performs witr with three in a row, or says the taslim after every two, or performs witr with five in a row, the sunnah is to perform the five in a row without sitting except in the fifth, or to say the taslim after every two; this is the best, to say the taslim after every two. Or if one performs witr with seven, there is no harm in performing them in a row, or sitting in the sixth for the first tashahhud and then standing up. Or if one performs witr with nine and sits in the eighth for the first tashahhud and then stands up, all of that is permissible.
But the best is to say the taslim after every two; because of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 1326Sahih (Al-Albani).
The presenter: May Allah preserve you.
His Eminence the Shaykh, Abu 'Ammar, has this question: He says that he prays eleven rak'ahs of the night prayer after 'Isha', including two rak'ahs after 'Isha' and two rak'ahs of the sunnah of wudu' before the night prayer, and three rak'ahs as witr. Is my prayer valid? Please inform us, may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Witr is prescribed with whatever is easy, even if it is one rak'ah. If one performs witr with one rak'ah at night after the 'Isha' prayer and its sunnah, that is sufficient. If one performs witr with three, five, seven, nine, eleven, or thirteen, all of that is good.
The best is eleven if it is easy, or thirteen, saying the taslim after every two rak'ahs. If one performs witr with three in a row, or says the taslim after every two, or performs witr with five in a row, the sunnah is to perform the five in a row without sitting except in the fifth, or to say the taslim after every two; this is the best, to say the taslim after every two. Or if one performs witr with seven, there is no harm in performing them in a row, or sitting in the sixth for the first tashahhud and then standing up. Or if one performs witr with nine and sits in the eighth for the first tashahhud and then stands up, all of that is permissible.
But the best is to say the taslim after every two; because of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.
صلاة الليل مثنى مثنى، فإذا خشي أحدكم الصبح صلى ركعة واحدة توتر له ما قد صلىThe presenter: May Allah preserve you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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