Salam ppl,
I have a question.. Iam kind of confused about this… so if any of you know about this … please reply..
Ok here is the question… In esha namaz… for 3 rokat witrowajib (we call this in persian, dont know what is it called in urdu guess the same)
After reading the 2 rokat do you sit and read Atayat and then stand read the other 1 rokat… or no you dont sit after the second rokat to read Atayat?
My cousins tell me that you dont sit… while my parents say that you do sit… iam not sure, if any of you can help that will be great..
thanks Attia
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I do sit after the second just like any other >2 rikaa' namaz. However, before going into rukoo in the third, you say Allah o Akbar and recite Dua-e-qunoot and then follow as usual.
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how and when (during salah) do sunnis recite dua qunoot? Also do they raise their hands in supplication whilst before ruku during 2nd raka or not?
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while we're on the subject can someone please explain the origins of this dua? Thanks.
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Attia:
You always sit after 2 raka't during namaz no matter if its wittar namaz or farz or any other. So, you sit, say attahyaat and then stand again for dua-e-qunoot.
Humhainpakistani:
Well there is not one way of witar salah. I'm not sure about how sunnis go but this is the way I know of and this is how they pray it in mecca as well.
So after 2 rakaat and attahyaat you stand up for duwa
you raise yours hands for duwa
after you're done you say takbeer and go for the sajdah skipping the part where you go down to your knees...if that's called ruku.
I've seen some people (sunnis) who dont raise their hands for duwa-e-qunoot. i dont know who told them to read it that way but oh well...i learned this one from how the imams of Masjid Haram.
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I dont raise my hand during dua qunoot.... and well to be honest after the two rekat... i set read atayat and then stand read alhamd and then 3 times qulhowala...
am i right?
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attia in 2nd rakat sit for tashahud {attahyatu lila hi......} say allah-o-akbar and stand up for 3rd rakat of witr, read surat fatiyah {alhamdulilah.he rabilalalmeen.....} then any surat {preferably a short surat as u r in 3rd rakat} then say allah-o-akbar but don't go into ruku, instead raise your hands and fold them upon ur chest again and read dua-e-qanoot, then go into ruku tand complete your witr as usual.
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I have seen it two ways.
The first is a desi/Pakistani way, where you do tashhadd (which you call attahiyat) after two raka'a, then stand up for third raka. Say fatiha and then raise your hands in takbeer, then say dua-e-qanoot and then go for ruko'o and sajood and complete the salah.
The second is the arab way, in which you offer two raka'a first, complete with tashahadd and do salam. After salam get up, do takbeer again for one raka'a. After sura-e-fatiha, do raku'u. Coming up after ruku'u, you do another takbeer and raise your hands and offer dua. After the dua is complete, go into sajda'a and complete the raka'a.
I am sure there are more ways to do it as well.
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Attia, you read Kul IF you don’t know duwa (which usually kids don’t before they memorize it) So it’s better and STRONGLY recommended that you memorize duwa-e-qunoot OR another option is that when it’s time to read that duwa just grab a book that has duwa’e qunoot in your hand and read it from that book…doesn’t matter. but you should memorize it, you’re a big girl now.
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Attia, you read Kul IF you don't know duwa (which usually kids don't before they memorize it) So it's better and STRONGLY recommended that you memorize duwa-e-qunoot OR another option is that when it's time to read that duwa just grab a book that has duwa'e qunoot in your hand and read it from that book...doesn't matter. but you should memorize it, you're a big girl now.
Sister Atia and All brothers and Sisters in Islam
Praise be to Allaah.
Before answering this question, we would like to say that we appreciate your eagerness to follow the Sunnah, and we ask Allaah to make us and you among those who listen to the word and follow it properly.
What you have said – may Allaah guide you – about not wanting to make Witr resemble Maghrib by raising your hands for the Takbeer before reciting Du’aa’ al-Qunoot, is not what is meant by the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the hadeeth narrated by al-Haakim (1/304), al-Bayhaqi (3/31) and al-Daaraqutni (p. 172), and which was classed as saheeh by al-Haakim according to the conditions of al-Bukhaari and Muslim. According to this hadeeth the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not pray Witr with three rak’ahs that resemble Maghrib.” What he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) meant, as the scholars have explained, was that we should not sit to recite the first Tashahhud in a manner that resembles Maghrib.
See Fath al-Baari by Ibn Hajar, 4/301. al-Haafiz said: Its isnaad is saheeh according to the conditions of al-Bukhaari and Muslim. See also ‘Awn al-Ma’bood, commentary on hadeeth no. 1423; Salaat al-Taraaweeh by al-Albaani, p. 97.
Raising the hands for Takbeer before reciting Du’aa’ al-Qunoot makes no difference in fact, because there are four places in which the hands should be raised during prayer:
1 – When saying Takbeer al-ihraam (takbeer for starting the prayer)
2 – When bowing in rukoo’
3 – When standing up from rukoo’
4 – When standing up after the first tashahhud
It is not prescribed for the worshipper to raise his hands at any point other than these four.
See Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam by Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him), p. 312
And Allaah knows best.