Witr one or three rakah.
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Witr one or three
rakah
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 none 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].'
Since the number of rakahs of the voluntary 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
one would be in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
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Respected brother, there is evidence in the authentic and
established Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) whereby he (saws) offered
the ‘qiyam-ul-layl’ or night prayers in sets of two-rakah combinations with a
‘tashahud’ and ‘tasleems’ for each set; and concluded his (saws) night prayers
with a one-rakah ‘witr’ prayer…..and there is also evidence in the Sunnah that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) at times would offer an even number of rakahs,
then offer the ‘tashahud’, then offer one more rakah of ‘witr’, then recite the
‘tashahud’ and the ‘tasleems’ to end the prayer.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) prayed the night voluntary
prayers and the ‘witr’ in both ways, thus if one follows any one of the ways
one would be in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws),
Insha Allah.
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