Well I know how sunnis pray witr, three rakahs, with dua qunoot in the third one. However Arabs pray it differently, according to one of my friends there is a hadith that witr should be different to the farz during maghrib. The Ahl e hadith/wahhabis usually pray two rakahs and then a separate one rakah with any dua (not qunoot). So what is the correct way of performing witr?
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stick to your madhab, it is an accepted position
It would be innovative to try to re-evaluate the Hanafi position through reading of isolated Hadith. No body here has the kind of knowledge to even attempt it
I pray 2+1 separate , the "arab" way. Surah aa'laa in first rakah, surah kafiroon in second and surah ahad in third.
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i pray in hanafi way, but if i come to know the way of one that arab follow i would definitely pray like that too inshaAllah...both are correct in my knowledge. Wallahu alam bissawab
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Peace Ali Syed,
I'll try to answer in short. :)
Hanafi Method: Three rakats with one salam, Must read Surah Fatiha + Surah in each rakats, Do takbir before reading Qanut which will be read before ruku of last third rakat.
Shafii & Maalki Method: Three rakats with two salam, last third rakat will be read alone.
Re: How to pray witr?
Peace Ali Syed,
I'll try to answer in short. :)
Hanafi Method: Three rakats with one salam, Must read Surah Fatiha + Surah in each rakats, Do takbir before reading Qanut which will be read before ruku of last third rakat.
Shafii & Maalki Method: Three rakats with two salam, last third rakat will be read alone.
thanks bro...
Some one told me that Sunnis perform witr incorrectly, that I wanted to clarify.
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Arabs and Azerbajinians know zilch about Islam.
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Only Pakistani and Indian Muslims know the right islam
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Only Pakistani and Indian Muslims know the right islam
Believe me...I know what I'm talking about.
Azerbaijanis are mostly Shia twelvers and majority of Arabs are just ignorant.
Re: How to pray witr?
Depends on what school of thought you follow. All the methods are accepted and the Hanafi method is correct and also accepted. Don't pick and choose what to follow from what madhab. Stick to one, inshallah it is the correct method. Allah knows best.
Re: How to pray witr?
Peace Ali Syed,
I'll try to answer in short. :)
Hanafi Method: Three rakats with one salam, Must read Surah Fatiha + Surah in each rakats, Do takbir before reading Qanut which will be read before ruku of last third rakat.
Shafii & Maalki Method: Three rakats with two salam, last third rakat will be read alone.
Just to add a couple of things to an already succinct reply,
- Three is preferred, but any odd number of rakahs is valid. Shafaee allows even 1.
- It is preferable to recite surah al'ala in the first rakah, surah kaafirun in second and surah ikhlas in the third.
Have a question of my own:when is qunut recited in Shafee method? Before rukuh or after?
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- It is preferable to recite surah al'ala in the first rakah, surah kaafirun in second and surah ikhlas in the third.
it is sunnah to recite these surahs in witr
Al-Nasaa’i (1729) narrated that Ubayy ibn Ka’b said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite in Witr Sabbih isma rabbika al-‘a’la(“Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High” – Soorat al-A’la 87), *Qul yaa ayyuha’l-kaafiroon (“Say: O disbeliever…” – Soorat al-Kaafiroon 109) and *Qul Huwa Allaahu ahad (“Say: He is Allaah, the One” – Soorat al-Ikhlaas 112). Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in *Saheeh al-Nasaa’i. ***
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Peace All,
thanks bro... Some one told me that Sunnis perform witr incorrectly, that I wanted to clarify.
So far I haven't heard saying we read (Sunnis) perform witr incorrectly. However, we hear a lot that the way perform (method) is different and that is okay without any objection.
Just to add a couple of things to an already succinct reply,
- Three is preferred, but any odd number of rakahs is valid. Shafaee allows even 1.
- It is preferable to recite surah al'ala in the first rakah, surah kaafirun in second and surah ikhlas in the third.
Have a question of my own:when is qunut recited in Shafee method? Before rukuh or after?
As per my little knowledge, "Witr shouldn't resemble like Maghrib" acceptable in all methods.
According to the Shafii method, Qunut is after rukuh.
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Arabs and Azerbajinians know zilch about Islam.
I love how you give these verdicts...like SERIOUSLY !!!
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I love how you give these verdicts...like SERIOUSLY !!!
Calm down! It's not like I've dissed your kapray or something. Don't read my posts if it gives you heart attack.
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buahaha..mentioning Kapray or something is AGAIN so remotely irrelevant here and THAT’S exactly why I said SERIOUSLY earlier :halo: saying it again >>>> LIKE SERRRIOUSSLYYYY ???
p.s. I am saving myself from ANOTHER :halo: heart attack and not reading your further posts like you suggested. cough cough cough
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Seriously what’s wrong with you? Did I accuse you of anything in my initial post that made you so angry? Did I even say that Arabs are bad Muslims or bad human beans? No.
All I was saying don’t take Arabs as some sort of authority over Religion coz the masses of Arabs are pretty ignorant when it comes to fiqh issues.
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Question: When praying Witr in the form of 2+1. Do you make niyyah of Witr at the beginning of the 2, conclude them with salaam, and just do takbir and restart with final rakah? Or do you make niyyah for 2 nafl, and then separate niyyah for the witr before the 1 rakah?
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I personally find the non-Hanafi fiqh of Salat very confusing and it’s not because of unfamiliarity. I am familiar with the prayers as I pray behind them. Eid is very interesting and Witr - The Shafis will do their “Qunoot” which is only a short part of the du’a AFTER rukooh. And they will do a du’a standing up and lift their hands. They will do the du’a in their own tongue - i.e. they are not forming any ritual words - but much like a khutbah they will stylise their du’a I their own tongue. Just imagine if Pakistani Shaf’is would start doing a du’a in the middle of prayer in their own Urdu or Punjabi, etc tongue? That I find confusing. Also … they have this tendency to join prayers before time - like Maghrib and Isha … and they will happily pray their 'Isha prayers behind an Imam doing Maghrib. And they will tap you on the shoulder when you are praying your Sunnah expecting you to continue praying as if you are leading them … Or if you stand back up having joined the jamat missing a rakat they will tap your shoulder and join in and potentially a chain of people can extend one jammat so long another person keeps joining after at least one rakah is missed.
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There is a difference of opinion among scholars regarding how Witr should be prayed with the Hanafis being on one side and the majority of scholars (Shaafi, Maaliki, and Hanbali) on the opposite. The majority also permit one Rak’ah, three Rak’ah, five Rak’ah upto 11 Rak’ah. The Hanafis only permit three Rak’ah.
Secondly, the majority say Witr is a Sunnah Al-Mu’akkadah while the Hanafis assert it is a Waajib.
The Hadith your friend told you about is the following one in Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Al-Haakim
**لا توتروا بثلاث تشبهوا المغرب **
Do not pray Witr with three Rak’ahs like Al-Maghrib.
Regarding this Hadith Ibn Hajar said:
إسناده على شرط الشيخين
Its chain of narrators is in accordance with the conditions of Imaam Al-Bukhaari and Imaam Muslim
The Hadith is also present in Al-Daarqutni which you can see here. The Hadith is also present in Ibn Hibaans’ Saheeh.
And the majority of scholars have used the following Hadith for the permissiblity of praying only one Rak’ah Witr.
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Salat during the night should consist of pairs of but if you fear that morning is near, then pray one Rak'ah as Witr."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].