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What Has Been Related About 'There Are No Two Witr In One Night'

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Darussalam · Volume 1

3. The Chapters On Al-Witr

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

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470. Qais bin Talq bin 'Ali narrated that his father said: I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying: "There are no two Witr in one night." (Sahih) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. The people of knowledge differ over the one who performs Witr during the beginning of the night and then he stands (in prayer) in its latter part. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them thought that the Witr is in incomplete and invalid. They said he is to connect a Rak'ah to it, praying whatever he wants, then he performs Witr at the end of his prayer, because there are no two Witr in a night. This was ascribed to by Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others said that when one performs Witr during the first part of the night, then sleeps, then he gets up in the latter part, he prays what he wants to. It does not nullify his Witr so he leaves his Witr as it is. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Mālik bin Anas, Ahmad, Ibn Al-Mubārak [Ash-Shāfīī and the people of Al-Kūfah]. This is more correct because more than one narration reports that the Prophet ﷺ did offered prayers after Al-Witr.

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٤٧٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُلَازِمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، عَنْ ‌قَيْسِ بْنِ طَلْقِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ» وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الَّذِي يُوتِرُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ مِنْ آخِرِهِ. فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ نَقْضَ الْوِتْرِ، وَقَالُوا: يُضِيفُ إِلَيْهَا رَكْعَةً وَيُصَلِّي مَا بَدَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَا وِتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَهُوَ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِسْحَاقُ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ: إِذَا أَوْتَرَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يُصَلِّي مَا بَدَا لَهُ، وَلَا يَنْقُضُ وِتْرَهُ، وَيَدَعُ وِتْرَهُ عَلَى مَا كَانَ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، وَمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَأَحْمَدَ. وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ.

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