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Is witr prayer obligatory?
Witr Prayer is Wajib according to Hanafi school of thought. In a renowned Fiqh Hanafi Book Hidayah it is said like this:
الوتر واجب عند أبي حنيفة رحمه الله
Translation:
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What is the correct way of performing Wit'r prayer of 3 Raka'ats?
On the meaning of witr and the amount of raka'a's and how it should be performed
First of all witr in Arabic means odd, which reefers to the amount of raka'a's of this prayer.
You basically could pray ...
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Is Witr obligatory after Taraweeh? How do you pray one raka Witr?
If you follow Fiqah Hanafi then in Hanafi fiqh Witr is 3 Rakahs and not one. You pray 2 rakahs and sit for tashahud then after reciting tashahud you stand up without saying salam then pray the third ...
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Is It Okay To Pray Witr Without Praying Taraweeh?
Yes, you may. Taraweeh is only a Sunnah Mu‘akkadah, and Witr's status is high enough that the Hanafi madhab took it to be as wajib (obligatory). If you were to only offer one, then Witr would take ...
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Which one is Qunut?
In the matter of qunoot there are many different views on when (which prayer and whether it has to be done before or after ruku' and whether it is allowed to initiate it by takbeer) it is performed, ...
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What is the preferred time for praying Witr salah in Maliki fiqh?
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Firts of all the term sobh/subh (or as-Sobh/as-Subh) الصبح appears in a whole lot of ahadith referring to the fard (obligatory) prayer which is performed after the real fajr الفجر ...
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Is witr prayer obligatory?
There are five fard (obligatory) prayers in Sunni Islam:
You have to offer perfectly the five compulsory prayers in a day and night (24 hours), unless you want to pray Nawafil.
Sahih al-Bukhari ...
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Can Witr and Taraweeh be performed at different times?
❶ - Yes, you can pray Taraweeh/Tahajjud in any amount, based on the following hadith which the scholars used to indicate the permissibility of praying more if you wish:
“The night prayer is two by ...
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Can Witr and Taraweeh be performed at different times?
From a fiqh perspective what you quoted is something permissible. But it has no exact backup in the sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh).
Witr is an odd prayer one prays as the last prayer in the night, it ...
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