How does one combine the Shafa and Witr prayers, and is it permissible to recite the Fatiha and a Sura together in the third rak'ah of the three-rak'ah Witr prayer according to the Maliki school of thought?
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In the Shafa' and Witr prayers, it is recommended to recite Surat Al-A'la in the first rak'ah of Shafa' and Surat Al-Kafiroon in the second, then to say the . In the Witr prayer, after Al-Fatiha, one should recite Surat Al- and the two Mu'awwidhatayn (Al-Falaq and An-Nas), or Al-Ikhlas only. This recitation is recommended, not obligatory.
As for combining Shafa' and Witr with a single taslim, it is permissible, but it is better to separate them with a taslim. This is the view of Malik, Al-Shafi'i, and Imam Ahmad, as Ibn 'Umar used to do.
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