Witr
Witr is a prayer of an odd number of rakahs, most often performed after the night prayer. Scholars differ on whether it is obligatory or strongly recommended. It is not one of the five daily obligatory prayers.
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How does one pray Qiyam al-Layl after performing the Witr prayer before sleep?
He who is confident that he will rise in the latter part of the night, it is better for him to delay Witr until then. And he who fears he will not rise, let him pray Witr before he sleeps, due to the saying of the…
Is it necessary for the Witr prayer to be the last prayer of the night, or is it permissible to perform the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) or the Istikhara prayer after it?
The Sunnah for someone who intends to perform night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl) is to make their last prayer at night an odd-numbered one (Witr). For someone confident they will wake up in the last part of the night, it is…
Is the Witr the same as Qiyam al-Layl, and does it have a specific number of rak'ahs, and is it performed after finishing Qiyam al-Layl?
There is no contradiction between the intention for Witr and for Qiyam al-Layl (night prayer), as Witr is part of Qiyam al-Layl. The worshiper can intend for the rak'ahs preceding Witr to be Qiyam al-Layl, and that Witr…
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Is it better for the worshipper, after the Isha Sunnah prayer, to intend Witr for all the rakahs, or to intend Tahajjud/Qiyam al-Layl for some of them and Witr for others?
Is performing four rak'ahs of Qiyam al-Layl before sleep, with taslim after every two rak'ahs, then performing three rak'ahs of Witr with a single sitting and a final tashahhud before Fajr, followed by two rak'ahs of Tahajjud, considered seven rak'ahs of Witr, or four rak'ahs of Qiyam and three rak'ahs of Witr?
Is it permissible to complete the Witr prayer after the Fajr Adhan if I intended to pray three rak'ahs, and I said the taslim after the second rak'ah during the tashahhud, then the Fajr Adhan was called before performing the third rak'ah?