Can I Pray One Rakat Witr?

 

Ways to Pray Witr Prayer?

Can I Pray One Rakat Witr? Simple to comply with detailed direct for a Muslim wanting to discover ways to correctly carry out Witr Prayer inning accordance with Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).

If you are wanting to discover ways to pray Witr Prayer after that you most likely understand that it’s somewhat various from the various other everyday Islamic prayers.

The Witr Salat could be viewed as troublesome as the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) instructed us various methods maybe finished. This has resulted in conversation which is the proper way to pray Witr?

The answer… there really is nobody best method. If there existed would certainly be no conversation or dispute. The method you might provide Witr prayer depends upon which institution of Fiqh (Islamic law) you comply with. All institutions of Fiqh are centered about Sahih hadith and done inning accordance with Quranic teachings, nobody institution is much a lot extra appropriate over one more and it is frequently an issue of choice.

One more typical misunderstanding is the Witr prayer is believed to belong to Isha Prayer, this isn’t completely appropriate. Witr prayer could be provided anytime after Isha Prayer up up till damage of dawn.

Concerning the significance of Witr Prayer, in a Sahih hadith, The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) stated: The witr is a responsibility for each Muslim. [1]

As discussed in our previous direct on ways to pray Prayer, every prayer is a chance for a Muslim to spend in strengthening his/her connection with their developer. As children we might have seen prayers as a responsibility or a task however if we move our point of view and make the effort to comprehend why we provide prayer after that we might be much a lot extra disciplined and constant with our prayers.

The Quran instructs us that the prayer could be a resource to acquire sabr (patience), it’s a spiritual act which brings serenity to the believer’s heart, and is a way of self filtration:

“O you that have thought, look for assistance with persistence and prayer. Certainly, Allah is with the client.”

2:153

“Those that have thought and whose hearts are guaranteed by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are guaranteed.”

13:28

“Recite, [O Muhammad], what is exposed to you of the Book and develop prayer. Certainly, prayer restricts immorality and misdeed, and the remembrance of Allah is higher. And Allah understands that which you do.”

29:45

The agreement amongst the jurists is the Witr ought to be finished in strange variety of rakats. This could be 3, 5, 7, or also 9. One of the most typical exercise is to pray 3 rakats for Witr and there are 2 methods this could be finished.

1. The initially method is to pray 3 rakat without resting for tashadud in the 2nd rakat. [2]

2. You could pray 2 rakat for Witr with tashadud and tasleem. After that comply with with one rakat once once more with tashadud and tasleem. [3]

It’s the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (true blessings and tranquility be after him) to pray 2 by 2 and complete Witr with one rakah so a strange phoned number of rakats is finished. [4] In one more hadith it was discussed that the Prophet prayed 5, 7, and also 9 rakats in one salat and didn’t different them with taslim. [5]

There’s a distinction of viewpoint regarding whether Witr Salat is obligatory.

Wajib – Obligatory prayer, in missing out on the prayer you’re blameworthy. However it’s not as poor as missing out on a Fardh prayer.

Sunnah – Described as the Prophet’s exercise. Right below there are 2 kinds, one Rasulullah prayed routinely referred to as Muakkadah (for instance, Eid prayer) and the various other which the Prophet deserted sometimes, Ghair Muakkadah.

Inning accordance with Imam Abu Hanifah the Witr Salat is thought about wajib. The various other 3 imams respect this prayer as Sunnah Al-Muakkadah centered off the hadith which tensions that it’s not obligatory. [6]

After undergoing the requirements of Prayer we are currently prepared to start our prayer. We’ll show what providing 3 rakat witr prayer would certainly appear like.

1. Start with the appropriate niyyah (objective) that you wish to pray salatul witr and choose the number of rakat you’ll provide. This isn’t obligatory to state however simply to provide you a concept,

“I mean to provide _____ rakats of the witr prayer.”

2. Pray the initially 2 rakats much like a routine fardh Prayer. We cover this in our overview of discovering ways to pray Prayer. In the 3rd Rakat of Witr prayer recite Surah Fatihah complied with by a couple of verses from the Qur’an, after that state the takbir “allahu akbar”. Rather than decreasing for Ruku increase your hands for your ear lobes and bring them back to your marine.

3. Right below it’s Sunnah to recite the witr dua referred to as qunoot or dua-e-qunoot. There are 2 variants which are tape-taped and either serves. [7]

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ

Allahumma ihdini feeman hadayt, wa a’fini fiman afait, wa tawallani fiman tawallait, wa barik Li fima atait, wa qini sharra ma qadait, fa Innaka taqdi wa la yuqda Alaik, wa innahu la yadhillu guy walait, tabarakta Rabbana wa ta’alait.

Implying: O Allah direct me amongst those You have directed, pardon me amongst those You have pardoned, befriend me amongst those You have befriended, honor me in what You have given, and conserve me from the wicked that You announced. Certainly You mandate, and none could pass mandate, and none could pass mandate after You, certainly he isn’t embarrassed which You have befriended, honored are You our Lord and Exalted.

The over is typically the much a lot extra approved dua for Witr, the Hanafi typically recite the variation listed below. [8]

اَللَّهُمَّ إنا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَنُثْنِئْ عَلَيْكَ الخَيْرَ وَنَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ ئَّفْجُرُكَ اَللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَلَكَ نُصَلِّئ وَنَسْجُدُ وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعأئ وَنَحْفِدُ وَنَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ وَنَخْشآئ عَذَابَكَ إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالكُفَّارِ مُلْحَقٌ

Allahumma inna nasta-eenoka wa nastaghfiruka wa nu’minu bika wa natawakkalu alaika wa nusni alaikal khair, wa nashkuruka wala nakfuruka wa nakhla-oo wa natruku mai yafjuruka, Allah humma iyyaka na’budu wa laka nusalli wa nasjud wa ilaika nas aaa wa nahfizu wa narju rahma taka wa nakhshaa azaabaka inna azaabaka bil kuffari mulhik

Implying: O Allah! We conjure up you for assistance, and plead for mercy, and we count on you and have rely on you and we appreciation you, in the very best method we can; and we thanks and we are not ungrateful to you, and we forsake and avert from the one that disobeys you. O Allah! We praise you and prostrate ourselves previously you, and we hasten to you and offer you, and we wish to get your grace and we fear your torment. Certainly, the disbelievers will sustain your torment.

If you want to comply with the Sunnah of the Prophet you could recite the Witr duas over. However this isn’t obligatory. You could alternative with any type of dua if you discover the ones over challenging to discover. A simpler one to start with is rabanna atina fid dunya dua. It’s, nevertheless, suggested to total Witr inning accordance with Sunnah for one of the most true blessings. This consists of taking the the moment bent on remember the qunut dua.

4. After completing the invocation, proceed with salat in the routine way and complete with tasleem.

5. For the 3 rakat of Witr, it’s the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) to recite Surah Al-A’la (phase 87) for initially rakat, Surah Al Kafirun (phase 109) in the 2nd, and after that Surah Ikhlas (phase 112) in the last rakat. [9,10] Tension once once more, this isn’t obligatory however the Sunnah of the Prophet.

Both harams at Capital and Medina comply with the Shafi’i fiqh which varies in one method.

[1] Told Abu Ayyub al-Ansari: The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) stated: The witr is a responsibility for each Muslim so if anybody wants to observe it with 5 rak’ahs, he might do so; if anybody wants to observe it with 3, he might do so, and if anybody wants to observe it with one, he might do so. Quality: Sahih (Al-Albani) Recommendation: Sunan Abi Dawud

[2] It was told that Aisha (might Allah be delighted with her) stated: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) utilized to pray Witr with 3 rak‘ahs, just resting [for tashahhud] in the last of them. Told by al-Bayhaqi (4581). This hadith was classified as sahih by Al-Hakim, and Adh-Dhahabi concurred with him. Al-Mustadrak (1/304). Classified as Sahih by An-Nawawi in Al-Majmoo (4/7).

[3] Told from Ibn ‘Umar (might Allah be delighted with him), that he utilized to divide both rak’ahs from the solitary rak’ah with a tasleem, and he stated that the Prophet (tranquility and true blessings of Allaah be after him) utilized to do that. Told by Ibn Hibban (2435); Ibn Hajar stated in al-Fath (2/482): its isnad is qawiy (solid).

[4] It was told that Ibn Umar stated: “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) stated: ‘Prayer at evening is 2 by 2, and witr is one rak’ah.'” Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Recommendation: Sunan an-Nasa’i

[5] Mansur reported from Al-Hakam, from Miqsam, from Ibn ‘Abbas that Umm Salamah stated: “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) utilized to pray witr with 7 or 5 (rak’ahs), not dividing in between them with the taslim.” Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Recommendation: Sunan an-Nasai

[6] It was told that Ali, might Allah (SWT) be delighted with him, stated: “Witr isn’t important such as the obligatory prayers, however it’s the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).” Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Recommendation: Sunan an-Nasa’i

[7] Al-Hasan container Ali [may Allah be delighted with him] stated: “Allah’s Messenger instructed me some expressions to state throughout Al-Witr (Allahummahdini fiman hadait, wa a’fini fiman afait, wa tawallani fiman tawallait, wa barik Li fima atait, wa qini sharra ma qadait, fa Innaka taqdi wa la yuqda Alaik, wa innahu la yadhillu guy walait, tabarakta Rabbana wa ta’alait.) ‘O Allah direct me amongst those You have directed, pardon me amongst those You have pardoned, befriend me amongst those You have befriended, honor me in what You have given, and conserve me from the wicked that You announced. Certainly You mandate, and none could pass mandate, and none could pass mandate after You, certainly he isn’t embarrassed which You have befriended, honored are You our Lord and Exalted.'” Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Recommendation: Jami At-Tirmidhi, likewise discussed in Sunan Abi Dawud and Sunan Nasai.

[8] Told by al-Bayhaqi, 2/210; classified as Sahih by al-Albaani in al-Irwa’, 2/170.

[9] It was told from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) utilized to carry out Witr and recite: “Glorify the Call of your Lord the Many High,” [Al-A’la (87)] “State: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas (112)] One more chain with comparable phrasing. Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Recommendation: Sunan Ibn Majah

[10] It was told that Ubayy container Ka’b stated: “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) utilized to carry out Witr and recite: ‘Glorify the Call of your Lord the Many High.’, [Al-A’la (87)] ‘Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas
(112)] Quality: Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan Ibn Majah