Witr prayer...

[DanyalSAC]

Asalaamu alaikum -

Can someone tell me when is the standard time to pray Witr, and what it consists of?

I get confused because I'm told Witr and Tahajjud are different prayers, but when I've had Witr explained to me it sounds exactly like Tahajjud.

When I first became Muslim Tahajjud is explained to me this way: Prayed in the last 3rd of the night (before adhan for Fajr) and consisting of an odd number of rakaat - 3, 5, 7 etc but not more than 11.

Can someone with more knowledge clarify?

JazakAllah khairn
D.

 

[ahmed_indian]

witr salah is prayed between isha and fajr salaah. its odd in number. some scholars say that minimum is one while for others its 3. also we recite a dua in the third rakat in standing position.

tahajjud is different from witr. as tahujjud is even in number. but we are advised to finish tahajjud with witr, i think that might have confused you.

 

[faaraa]

Yes, Brother ahmed_indian has provided you with a short and sweet answer..

I learned every thing about the Salaah with the help of the book which was written by Shaikh Albaani as Dr. Zakir Naik advise the people to refer that book to have a clear picture on PRAYER...

Any ways, Thahajjud and witr are two different prayers..

Let me provide you with a page from shaikh Albaani's book

Night prayer (Tahajjud)

He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) would sometimes recite loudly in it and sometimes quietly,242 He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
would shorten his recitation in this sometimes and lengthen it sometimes, occasionally making it so exceedingly long that 'Abdullaah
ibn Mas'ood (radi Allaahu 'anhu) once said: "I prayed with the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) one night, and he carried on
standing for so long that I was struck by a wrong idea." He was asked, "What was this idea?" He said: "I thought I would sit down
and leave the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)!"243
Also Hudhaifah ibn al-Yamaan said:

"I prayed with the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) that night when he started soorah al-Baqarah (2: 286). So I said (to
myself), "He will make rukoo' after one hundred aayaat". But he carried on after that, so I thought, "He will finish it (the soorah) in
two rak'ahs". But he carried on, so I thought, "He will make rukoo' when he has finished it." Then he started soorah an-Nisaa'
(4:176) and recited it all, then he started soorah aal-'Imraan (3:200)244 and recited it all. He was reciting slowly; when he came to
an aayah in which there was glorification of Allaah, he glorified Allaah; at an aayah which had something to be asked for, he asked
for it; at mention of seeking refuge, he sought refuge (with Allaah). Then he made rukoo' ... " to the end of the hadeeth.245
Also, "one night when he was ill he recited the Seven Long surahs."246
Also, "he would (sometimes) recite one of these surahs in each rak'ah."247
"It was [ totally] unknown for him to recite the whole Qur'aan in one night."248 In fact, he did not recommend it for 'Abdullaah ibn

'Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him) when he said to him:
Recite the whole Qur'aan in each month. I said: "I have the power (to do more than that)." He said: Recite it in twenty nights. I
said: "I have the power to do more". He said: Then recite it in seven days and do not go beyond that.249 Then "he allowed him to

recite it in five days."250 Then "he allowed him to recite it in three days." 251 Further, he forbade him from reciting it in less time than that252, and he gave a reason for that by saying to him: Whoever recites the Qur'aan in less than three days does not understand it.253 In another version: He does not understand, the one who recites the Qur'aan in less than three days. 254 Also when he said to him: For every worshipper has a (period of) keenness255 and every (period of) keenness has a lapse256, either towards a sunnah or towards a bid'ah (innovation); so he whose lapse is towards a sunnah has found guidance, and he whose lapse is towards other than that has been destroyed.257
For this reason, "he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) would not recite the whole Qur'aan in less than three days."258

He used to say: Whoever prays at night reciting two hundred aayaat will be written down as one of the sincere devotees.259Al so ,
"he used to recite soorah Bani Israa'eel (17: 111) and soorah az-Zumar (39:75) every night."260 He also used to say: Whoever prays
at night reciting a hundred aayaat will not be written down as one of the heedless.261 Sometimes "he would recite about fifty aayaat
or more in each rak'ah"262, or he "would recite about as much as soorah al-Muzzammil (73: 20)." 263
"He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) would not pray all through the night"264 except rarely, for once:

" 'Abdullaah ibn Khabbaab ibn al-Arat - who was present at (the Battle of) Badr with the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa
sallam) - stayed up the whole night with the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) (in another version: a night when he
prayed throughout it) until it was dawn. So when he finished his prayer, Khabbaab said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, may my
father and mother be sacrificed for you! Tonight, you have prayed a prayer the like of which I have never seen?" He said: Yes, it
was a prayer of hope and fear; [ indeed] I asked my Lord, Mighty and Sublime, three things; He granted me two, but refused me
one. I asked my Lord that He would not destroy us the way the nations before us were (in another version: that He would not
destroy my ummah with famine) and He granted me this; I asked my Lord, Mighty and Sublime, that He would not impose on us an
enemy from outside us, and He granted me this; and I asked my Lord not to cover us with confusion in party strife, but He refused
me this." "265
Also, one night he stood (in prayer) repeating one aayah until it was dawn:

"If You do punish them, they are Your servants; if You do forgive them, You are indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise." (Maa'idah 5:121) [with it he bowed, with it he prostrated, and with it he supplicated], [ so in the morning Abu Dharr (radi Allaahu 'anhu) said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, you did not stop reciting this aayah until it was morning; you bowed with it and you prostrated with it] [ and you supplicated with it,] [ whereas Allaah has taught you the whole Qur'aan; ] [ if one of us were to do this, we would be stern with him?] [ He said: Indeed I asked my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, for intercession for my ummah: He granted me it, and it will be possible if Allaah wills for whoever does not associate any partners with Allaah.266

A man said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, I have a neighbour who stands (in prayer) at night and does not recite anything except "Say: He is Allaah the One and Only" (Ikhlaas 112: 4), [ repeating it,] [ not adding anything else,] as if he considers it little." So the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, it is worth a third of the Qur'aan.267


Witr prayer

"He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) used to recite "Glorify the Name of Your Lord Most High" (al-A'laa 87: 19) in the first rak'ah, "Say:
O you who disbelieve" (Kaafiroon 109: 6) in the second, and "Say: He is Allaah the One and Only" (Ikhlaas 112: 4) in the third.268
Sometimes he would add on to the last one "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak" (Falaq 113: 5) and "Say: I seek refuge
with the Lord of Mankind" (Naas 114:6).269 Once, "he recited a hundred aayaat from soorah an-Nisaa' (4: 176) in the third rak'ah

As for the two rak'ahs after witr271, he used to recite "When the earth is shaken " (Zilzaal 99: 8) and "Say: O you who disbelieve"
(Kaafiroon 109:6) in them.272


You can download the book from here

http://www.scribd.com/doc/16747935/The-Prophets-Prayer-Described-Albaani

Hope that would help

 

[GAZIJA]

Assalamu Alaykum,

When we talk about Witr prayer we mostly are talking about odd prayers which in most cases is 3 rekat after isha prayer( at least in hanafy mashab they pray 3). They can be prayed in different ways; if you are praying 3 rekat you can pray all 3 at once without sitting between rekat and then make salam after 3rd, or you can pray 2 make tashahud and get up for 3rd rekat etc. you can pray it also like one brother said 5 rakat or 7 rekat also and you have to pray it before fajr.

When it comes to night prayer you pray those 2 by 2, meaning you pray 2 stay at teshehud make salam and get up for other 2, or you can pray it 4 with sitting in between. According to hadith from our mother Aisha she said that prophet salallahu alayhim we selam would pray 8 rakat of night prayer and finish it by praying 3 rekat of witr and he never prayed more then 11 rekat in ramadan or out of ramadan.

You also do not have pray witr before night prayer but you can if you want to. The time to pray night prayer is in 3rd part of the night which is just before fajr.
Some ashaba raiallahu anhu like Omar and Ebu Bakir had different oppinion on this one said is better in first part of the night and other in 3rd( here maybe mistake because I can not exactly remember).

You should look in Bukhary or Muslim and look for fetwa about it if my explanation is not good for you.

May Allah forgive me if I have wrote something wrong.

Assalamu Alaykum

 

[Abu Talib]

Asalaamu alaikum -

Can someone tell me when is the standard time to pray Witr, and what it consists of?

I get confused because I'm told Witr and Tahajjud are different prayers, but when I've had Witr explained to me it sounds exactly like Tahajjud.

When I first became Muslim Tahajjud is explained to me this way: Prayed in the last 3rd of the night (before adhan for Fajr) and consisting of an odd number of rakaat - 3, 5, 7 etc but not more than 11.

Can someone with more knowledge clarify?

JazakAllah khairn
D.

Assalamu`alaykum

This will help you Inshaa'Allah explained very well

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[Abu Talib]

What explained you found in this video ???

We not find any very well explanation from this man ...... just saying as prophet said only .........

why he can not quote the hadees reference and the source so that every one who hears will do search and find the truth...........

These are the self - named , scholars who emphasize on muslim to accept what they preach as true and correct without allowing us to make sure by researching to find what they say are true.......

HONESTLY WE with my teacher , EXPLAINED WELL AND BETTER THAN THIS MAN......

May ALLAAH guide us........

Assalamu`alaykum

I didn't post it for you. The OP would understand not you.

 

[ahmed_indian]

These are the self - named , scholars who emphasize on muslim to accept what they preach as true and correct without allowing us to make sure by researching to find what they say are true.......

HONESTLY WE with my teacher , EXPLAINED WELL AND BETTER THAN THIS MAN......

May ALLAAH guide us........

:salam2:,

these scholars are quoting from Quran and sunnah. to say, my scholar is better than your scholar brings arrogance. and we should try to be humble. such words (ie this man) doesnt suit our scholars.

strength lies in unity!