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How To Pray Witr With One (Rak'ah)

English source

Darussalam · Volume 2

20. Book Of Qiyâm Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) And Voluntary Prayers During The Day

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 234

DarussalamSahihAl-AlbaniSahih · qualified assessment
Al-Albani source references (2)
  • صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 1602 · Volume 1 · Page 371

    Sahih · qualified assessment

    (صحيح) - ق، لكن ذكر الاضطجاع بعد الوتر شاذ (١)، والمحفوظ بعد سنة الفجر -صحيح أبي داود ١٢٠٦ انظر حديثها الآتي ٢٥٢ - ٢٥٣ [١٦٦٢].

  • ضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 101 · Volume الكتاب · Page 63

    Sahih · qualified assessment

    (صحيح - ق، لكن ذكر الاضطجاع بعد الوتر شاذ، والمحفوظ بعد سنة الفجر - صحيح أبي داود ١٢٠٦ [عندنا في صحيح سنن أبي داود - باختصار السند - برقم ١١٨٦/ ١٣٣٥]، انظر حديثها الآتي ٢٥٢ - ٢٥٣ [١٠٥/ ١٧٢٦]).

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English translation

1697. It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet ﷺ used to pray eleven Rak'ahs at night, ending them with one Rak'ah of Witr, then he would lie down on his right side. (Sahih)

Arabic text

١٦٩٦ - أَخْبَرَنَا ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَالِكٌ ، عَنِ ‌الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَائِشَةَ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، يُوتِرُ مِنْهَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ».

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From this and the upcoming narrations, it clearly shows that the Night prayer itself is called Witr. Whatever number of units it might consist of, when one Rak'ah would be performed at its end, it would all turn into an odd-numbered prayer. Even so, from the aspect of its number of units, the night prayer is called the Witr prayer. The Witr or the odd-numbered prayer is not a separate prayer.