Witr prayer accepted or not

Aliya Javed

Shyness is the most beautiful character
Assalam aleykum dear sisters. I wanted to ask u about Witr prayer at night. I usually perform my Witr prayer at night after my isha prayer before sleep. But if I get up early in the third part of night to perform Tahajjud prayer then will my prayer be accepted without praying Witr which I have already prayed or will I have to leave Witr and then after my Tahajjud prayer I should perform it?
 

Mahzala

فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
The time of the witr prayer starts as Isha becomes valid, until the morning begins (before Fajr), so you can pray it at any point within this frame. If you are praying behind an imaam (in the case of Taraweeh), what you can do is, in the odd witr rak'ah, instead of saying salaam, get up and continue praying to complete two rak'aahs, and then you can pray your witr in the third part of the night. Regardless, your prayer still gets accepted, but it is better, and recommended that you pray your witr after any voluntary prayers you have performed in the night. And if you have already performed it, do not perform it again during Tahajjud as you cannot pray two sets of witr in one night. May Allah accept it from you.
 

Eman Yousuf

Junior Member
:salam:


I heard from someone that if one prays witr after isha fearing he will not wake up, but
he do wake up for tahajjud prayer later then he should pray one rakah and finish it that will be
added to the previous witr making it 4 rakah . Then he should pray his tahajjud and then pray
witr as usual. This is new to me, have anyone heard about this? please help. :eek:

:salam:
 

Janaan

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Staff member
:salam:

Merged the threads as they have similar questions.

I'm in a rush right now, but inshaa'Allaah I hope someone else will help clarify things for you.
 

Mahzala

فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
:salam:


I heard from someone that if one prays witr after isha fearing he will not wake up, but
he do wake up for tahajjud prayer later then he should pray one rakah and finish it that will be
added to the previous witr making it 4 rakah . Then he should pray his tahajjud and then pray
witr as usual. This is new to me, have anyone heard about this? please help. :eek:

:salam:

Witr means odd, so four rak'aah's is not permissible. Witr also 'seals' the night prayer, so if you feel you cannot wake up, you can pray it before, but should you wake up, and you have already performed it, there is no reason for you to perform it again, because you cannot pray two sets of Witr in one night.
 

Aliya Javed

Shyness is the most beautiful character
The time of the witr prayer starts as Isha becomes valid, until the morning begins (before Fajr), so you can pray it at any point within this frame. If you are praying behind an imaam (in the case of Taraweeh), what you can do is, in the odd witr rak'ah, instead of saying salaam, get up and continue praying to complete two rak'aahs, and then you can pray your witr in the third part of the night. Regardless, your prayer still gets accepted, but it is better, and recommended that you pray your witr after any voluntary prayers you have performed in the night. And if you have already performed it, do not perform it again during Tahajjud as you cannot pray two sets of witr in one night. May Allah accept it from you.
Actually I don't pray Witr after Tahajjud. So I don't know my prayer would be accepted or not. I pray 3 rakah namaz after Isha because may be I am not unable to get up early.
 

Aliya Javed

Shyness is the most beautiful character
:salam:


I heard from someone that if one prays witr after isha fearing he will not wake up, but
he do wake up for tahajjud prayer later then he should pray one rakah and finish it that will be
added to the previous witr making it 4 rakah . Then he should pray his tahajjud and then pray
witr as usual. This is new to me, have anyone heard about this? please help. :eek:

:salam:
Oh yes sister Eman Yousuf, I have also heard it but from my mother herself. She also prays 1 rakah Witr after Tahajjud and she already prayed 3 rakah Witr at night after Isha. I was in doubt as some did not pray Witr after Tahajjud while some prays.
 

Janaan

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:salam:
I see sister Mahzala has helped, jazaahallaahu khayraa.
you cannot pray two sets of witr in one night..
She repeated this statement twice, and it's important to keep in mind as it's not her words but the prophet's :saw: "There should not be two Witrs in one night."
Sunan Abi Dawud (1439) and authenticated by al-Albaani Saheeh Jaami` (#7567)
 

Janaan

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She also prays 1 rakah Witr after Tahajjud and she already prayed 3 rakah Witr at night after Isha. I was in doubt as some did not pray Witr after Tahajjud while some prays.

No, ukht, as sis Mahzala explained, witr means odd, so 4 cannot be witr.
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 no 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
 

islamerica

1 Ummah under God
The imam at our masjid said that there is only one witr in the night, you can either prayer it with isha or you can prayer with thajjud. If you prayed it with isha then you don't pray it again with thajjud, just pray your thajjud and that's all. There's a hadith as well of two sahabas, i think it as abu bakr r.a. and umar r.a. , abu bakr would never pray witr with isha as he would get up for thajjud and umar would pray witr with isha as he would fear that he will miss it should he not get up for thajjud.
 

Eman Yousuf

Junior Member
Salam alaikum

"Islamerica", it is Abu Bakr (r.a) used to pray witr in the early hours of night and Umar ibn Khattab (r.a) later part of night (only portion of hadith I am referring here ).From book
Fiq us-Sunnah by Sayyid Sabiq Pg. 13, may allah bless him and accept his work, ameen.

ANY WAY JAZAK ALLAH KHAIROON all of you out there for replying.

Salam alaikum wa rahmatullah
 

Seeking Allah's Mercy

Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
The time of the witr prayer starts as Isha becomes valid, until the morning begins (before Fajr), so you can pray it at any point within this frame. If you are praying behind an imaam (in the case of Taraweeh), what you can do is, in the odd witr rak'ah, instead of saying salaam, get up and continue praying to complete two rak'aahs, and then you can pray your witr in the third part of the night. Regardless, your prayer still gets accepted, but it is better, and recommended that you pray your witr after any voluntary prayers you have performed in the night. And if you have already performed it, do not perform it again during Tahajjud as you cannot pray two sets of witr in one night. May Allah accept it from you.
Asalamo`Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh,

Ukhti, have you heard a scholar give permission of bold bit?

I read the following today:

Ayman bin khaled;106294 said:
This is not from the Sunnah and you should pray and finsih with the Imam. If you want to pray more, do so after the witr but without praying witr again.

I've only heard a Da'ee talk about it, and I don't know what to think of it considering it was a Da`ee (Someone who is not allowed to issue a fatwa).
 

Mahzala

فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
Wa 'alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I have, and I have read into this quite a bit in the past, and so the information I provided was my recollection from a Book of Salah from a legitimate Islamic university course, but Alhamdulillah, I have been able to find a very similar response for you here.
 

Seeking Allah's Mercy

Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
Wa 'alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I have, and I have read into this quite a bit in the past, and so the information I provided was my recollection from a Book of Salah from a legitimate Islamic university course, but Alhamdulillah, I have been able to find a very similar response for you here.
BaraakAllahu feeki:)
 

Aliya Javed

Shyness is the most beautiful character
Zazaka
Wa 'alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I have, and I have read into this quite a bit in the past, and so the information I provided was my recollection from a Book of Salah from a legitimate Islamic university course, but Alhamdulillah, I have been able to find a very similar response for you here.[/q [/USER].
ZazakAllahKhair sister Mahzala
 

Mahzala

فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
BaraakAllahu feeki:)

ZazakAllahKhair sister Mahzala

jazak allah khair ukhti Mahzala.

wa salam

Wa antum fa jazaakum Allahu khairan :)

Seeking Allah's Mercy, your additional information makes sense with regards to seeking the reward of qiyam-ul-layl when following the Imaam until the end of prayer, including the Witr. The confusion only arises when the question of praying it again or twice is posed.

Delaying the witr is Sunnah, and it is, if I am not mistaken, among those acts the Prophet :saw: would have made obligatory had it not been difficult, but then the question of completing it after the Imaam arises, and to that, I believe there is sufficient evidence to its permissibility, unless of course, you are leading the prayer, and the people following only have you to lead them in Witr in completing their prayer. Having said that, what exactly were you confused about? As in, what, specifically, was your question about, to which this answer was received?
 
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