What should a person do in this situation?

[IbnAdam77]

assalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Dear brothers and sisters. I hope all of you are in a good condition of life.

Lets say a person has done Witr prayer before going to sleep due to the fear that he might not be able to wake up on the third part of night. Fortunately, he was able to wake up in the third part and prepared to pray Tahajjud. I have heard of a hadith of Rasoolullah (saw) saying that night prayers is in odd numbers. Therefore my question is; since he has done an odd number or Rak'ahs for Witr prayer already, should he do an odd number of Rak'ahs in Tahajjud prayer or even number?

I hope my question is very clear to all of you. Please try to provide proof from Quran and Sunnah in your answers. Thank you in advance and JazakAllah khair.

wassalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

 

[IbnAdam77]

:salam2:

No brother or sister to help me?

wassalam

 

[pcozzy]

assalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Dear brothers and sisters. I hope all of you are in a good condition of life.

Lets say a person has done Witr prayer before going to sleep due to the fear that he might not be able to wake up on the third part of night. Fortunately, he was able to wake up in the third part and prepared to pray Tahajjud. I have heard of a hadith of Rasoolullah (saw) saying that night prayers is in odd numbers. Therefore my question is; since he has done an odd number or Rak'ahs for Witr prayer already, should he do an odd number of Rak'ahs in Tahajjud prayer or even number?

I hope my question is very clear to all of you. Please try to provide proof from Quran and Sunnah in your answers. Thank you in advance and JazakAllah khair.

wassalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

:salam2:

You heard meaning of hadith correctly,

If you wake up to do more prayers you are still in the same night so you would be doing everything in 2s to keep it odd.

If you want proof you need to look at the hadith that states end in odd number of rakaa.

Basically, you would make the witr to make sure that you complete the sunna, then any addtional in even numbers preferably in 2 rakaas then salam.

This is how it is done in ramadan and it is no different than any other time of the year. Just that ramadan we do it in congregation.

 

[daywalker]

I have heard of a hadith of Rasoolullah (saw) saying that night prayers is in odd numbers. Therefore my question is; since he has done an odd number or Rak'ahs for Witr prayer already, should he do an odd number of Rak'ahs in Tahajjud prayer or even number?

:salam2:

there is no nafal salah which is odd number. but prophet(sw) said so cause he used to pray witr at late night.

 

[hassana elkoussi]

:salam2:

Here's a fatwa from Islam Q&A that answers your question


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Praise be to Allaah.

If the Muslim prays Witr then he wants to pray qiyaam al-layl after that, he should pray them two by two, and he does not have to repeat Witr.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded that the last prayer offered at night should be Witr, but this command is in the sense that is it mustahabb, not obligatory. See Question no. 37729 .

Shaykh Ibn Baaz was asked:

If I have prayed Witr at the beginning of the night, then I get up to pray qiyaam at the end of the night, how should I pray?

He replied:

If you have prayed Witr at the beginning of the night then Allaah enables you to get up at the end of the night, then pray whatever you can two by two – without Witr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There cannot be two Witrs in one night.”

And it was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to pray two rak’ahs after Witr sitting down. The reason for that – and Allaah knows best – was to show the people that it is permissible to pray after Witr.

Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 11/311

And Allaah knows best.


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[hassana elkoussi]

:salam2:

there is no nafal salah which is odd number. but prophet(sw) said so cause he used to pray witr at late night.

:salam2:

I'm afraid this is not true, brother, as the Witr prayer is always done in odd numbers . Here's the fatwa about the different forms of witr prayer from ISLAM Q&A Fatwa 38230

Praise be to Allaah.

It was proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed Witr in different ways. He prayed one rak’ah, and three, and five, and seven, and nine. And he prayed three rak’ahs in two different ways, either continuously with one tashahhud, or saying salaam after two rak’ahs and praying one rak’ah and saying salaam after it. He did not pray it like Maghrib, with two tashahhuds and one salaam. Rather he forbade doing that, and said: “Do not pray Witr with three rak’ahs like Maghrib.” Narrated by al-Haakim, 1/403; al-Bayhaqi, 3/31; al-Daaraqutni, p. 172. Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Baari (4/301): Its isnaad fulfils the conditions of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhaari and Muslim).

Shaykh Muhammad al-Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen said:

It is permissible to pray Witr with three rak’ahs, or with five, or with seven, or with nine. If a person prays Witr with three, it may be done in one of two ways, both of which are prescribed in sharee’ah:

1 – Praying the three rak'ahs continually with one tashahhud.

2 – Saying salaam after two rak’ahs, then praying one rak’ah on its own.

Both of these are narrated in the Sunnah, so if a person does it one way sometimes and the other way sometimes, that is good.

…

It is permissible to say it with one salaam, but it should be with only one tashahhud and not two, because if he does it with two tashahhuds, it will be like Maghrib prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade making it like Maghrib prayer.

Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 4/14-16

For more information please see question no. 26844 and 3452, where there is a lengthy and detailed discussion about qiyaam (night prayers) and Witr.


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[IbnAdam77]

:salam2:

Thank you so much my dear brothers and sisters who replied. Now I have got the exact answer. So InshaAllah this problem will not be faced by me.

Thank you once again. Especially sister hassana elkoussi and brother pcozzy for answering to "the exact point" I have asked.

JazakAllah khair.

wassalam

-brother IbnAdam-

 

[Almeftah]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Al-Wirt prayer should be the last prayer a person does during the night after Al-Ishaa prayer.. if u feel like praying after u already made your Wirt prayer then you can only pray an even number of Rakats.

Prophet Mohammed Peace Be Upon Him said: "Let the witr be your last prayer at night." (B. 14:4.)

 

[palestine]

when i asked the imam at my masjid a while ago. he told me that if you already had prayed witr beforing going to bed in odd numbers and you wake up late at night, you should just pray nafal prayers consisting of 2 ra'kats each without an odd number. asalamu alaykum wrwb
and Allah knows best

 

[IbnAdam77]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Al-Wirt prayer should be the last prayer a person does during the night after Al-Ishaa prayer.. if u feel like praying after u already made your Wirt prayer then you can only pray an even number of Rakats.

Prophet Mohammed Peace Be Upon Him said: "Let the witr be your last prayer at night." (B. 14:4.)

when i asked the imam at my masjid a while ago. he told me that if you already had prayed witr beforing going to bed in odd numbers and you wake up late at night, you should just pray nafal prayers consisting of 2 ra'kats each without an odd number. asalamu alaykum wrwb
and Allah knows best

:salam2:

JzakAllah khair brother BoMeshary and sister Palestine. Yes Witr is to be made the last. The problem is that this situation is different from normal.

wassalam

-brother IbnAdam-

 

[Tabassum07]

Someone told me that if you have to make up an Isha prayer because you missed it earlier, you have to pray the four rakahs and the three witr. Is that true?

 

[IbnAdam77]

Someone told me that if you have to make up an Isha prayer because you missed it earlier, you have to pray the four rakahs and the three witr. Is that true?

:salam2:

If you have to make up Salatul 'Isha, you have to do only that prayer as a Wajib. Witr is not a Wajib prayer. However, as it is a very important sunnah to do Salatul Witr, it is advisable to do that also. No particular number of Rak'ahs are there. You can do one, three, five, seven, nine etc etc. (Any odd number of Rak'ahs).
Wallahi A'ulam.

wassalam

-brother IbnAdam-

 

[ruki4eva]

:salam2:
:ma: jazakallah everyone
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