I have question about "Witr". Could you please explain to me " There are how many ways to perform "Witr".
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Qunut in witr
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 2.13
It is permissible to perform the witr prayers
by praying two rak'at combinations[and concluding each of them with a tashahud
and the tasleems] and then praying one rak'ah with a tashahud and taslim. Likewise, it is allowed to pray all the
rak'at with two tashahuds and one taslim. One may pray an even number of
rak'ats, one after another, without making any tashahud, save in the one before
the last rak'ah in which case one makes the tashahud and then stands to perform
the last rak'ah wherein one will make another tashahud and end the prayer with
the taslim. One may also make only one tashahud and the taslim, in the last
rak'ah of witr. All of that is
permissible and can be traced to the Prophet (saws).
Al-Bukhari and Muslim quote 'Aishah saying
that the Prophet (saws) would perform thirteen rak'at during the night and
would make the witr prayer, and he would not 'sit' except in the last rak'ah of
them. In another hadith, 'Aishah reports
that the Prophet (saws) would perform nine rak'at during the night and that he
would not sit during them until the eighth rak'ah in which he would make
remembrance of Allah, praising Him, and would make supplication. Then, he would
stand without making the taslim and pray the ninth rak'ah, after which he would
sit, make the tashahud and make the taslim in such a manner that we could hear
him.
The Prophet (saws) said: 'The night prayer is
sets of two rak'at. If one fears the
coming of the dawn, he should perform one rak'ah, thereby making all of them
odd [witr].'
It is reported that Hadrat Ali (r.a.) said: "The witr prayer is not
required like your obligatory prayers, but the Prophet (saws) would perform the
witr prayer and say: 'O you people [followers] of the Qur'an, perform the witr
prayer, for Allah is One and He loves
the witr.'"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.112 Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar
The Prophet (saws) said, "Make Witr as
your last prayer at night."
Since the number of rakahs of the voluntary or
superrogatory night prayers are not specified, one may pray as many rakahs as
is easy for him, either in a two rakah combination with a tashahud and tasleem
for each, or all of them together with only a tashahud at the end of the prayer
with no tasleem; then end these voluntary night prayers with one rakah of witr
with a tashahud and tasleems thus making all of them ‘witr’ or an odd
number. The Messenger of Allah (saws)
prayed the night voluntary prayers in both ways, thus if one follows any one of
the ways he would be in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah
(saws).
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Question: Actually I am from
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 2.15a
Ref: Al-Qunut in the Witr
It is part of Sunnah to supplicate with qunut
in the witr prayer during the entire year. Ahmad, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i, Abu
Dawud, Ibn Majah, and others record that al-Hassan ibn 'Ali said: "The
Messenger of Allah (saws) taught me the [following] words to say in (qunut)
during the witr prayer: 'O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided.
Grant me safety among those whom You have granted safety. Take me into Your
charge among those whom You have taken into Your charge. Bless me in what You
have given me. Protect me from the evil that You have decreed, for You decree
and nothing is decreed for You. And there is no humiliation for whom You take
as a ward. Blessed and Exalted are You, our Lord. ' "
Some scholars are of the opinion that reciting the ‘qunut’
with every witr prayer is a Sunnah, while others are of the opinion that the
Messenger of Allah (saws) sometimes recited and sometimes did not recite the
‘qunut’ supplication with the ‘witr’ prayers. There is enough evidence in the established
and authentic Sunnah that the Messenger
of Allah (saws) prayed the ‘witr’ prayers in both ways, with and without
‘qunut’; thus if one follows any one of
the ways he would be in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah
(saws).
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister