{"id":8562,"date":"2016-08-09T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=8562"},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:38:15","slug":"witr-salah-according-to-the-four-madhab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/witr-salah-according-to-the-four-madhab\/","title":{"rendered":"Witr salah according to the four madhab"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 01969<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by <\/strong>Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWitr salah according to the four madhab<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Bismillah\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the Hanafi Fiqh, the Witr salah consists of three rakaats with one salaam at the end.  Imam Malik \"ra\u1e25imahull\u0101h, Imam Shafee \"ra\u1e25imahull\u0101h and Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal \"ra\u1e25imahull\u0101h say that the Witr salah is between one and seven rakaats.  Generally, the followers of the respective aforementioned scholars will perform the Witr by reading two rakaats with one salaam and then another rakaat separately with one salaam.  (Dars Tirmizi p.215 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe view of the Hanafi School of Thought is based on the following evidences:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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  1. \n\t\tSaaidah Aaisha \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu reports that the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu used to perform thee rakaats of Witr and he never used to make salaam except in the last rakaat.   (Mustadrak Hakim p.304 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tSaaiduna Ubayy Ibn Kaab \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu narrates that the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu used to recite Surah A’la in the first rakaat, surah Kaafiroon in the second rakaat and surah Ikhlas in the third rakaat and that the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu would not make salaam except in the last of those rakaats.   (Sunan Nasaai p.248 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tThabit Al Bunani \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu says that “Saaiduna Anas \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu lead us in the Witr salah, he performed three rakaats and he did not make salam till the last rakaat”.   (Tahawi p.206 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  4. \n\t\tSaaiduna Umar \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu is reported to have performed three rakaats Witr with one salaam only.   (Mustadrak Hakim p.304 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \n\tFurthermore, the Witr salah is like the three rakaats of Maghrib, therefore the same way one sits for tashuud after two rakaats and stands up for the third, one will do the same for the Witr salah.   (Darul Qutni p.27-p.28 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe following are evidences, which support the Hanafi view in that the hands will be raised for the Qunuut before ruku.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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    1. \n\t\tIbrahim Nakhai \"ra\u1e25imahull\u0101h narrates that “Saaiduna Abdullah Ibn Masud \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu used to raise his hands in Witr (for Qunuut) and then drop them afterwards.”   (Mussanaf Abdur Razzaq p.325 v.4)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    2. \n\t\tAsim narrates ‘I asked Saaiduna Anas Ibn Malik \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu about the Qunuut.  Saaiduna Anas \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu replied, “Definitely it was (recited)”.  I asked “Before bowing or after it?”  Saaiduna Anas \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu replied, “Before bowing…”   (Sahih Bukhari p.136 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \n\tHafiz Ibn Hajar \"ra\u1e25imahull\u0101h writes that the common practice of the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu was to recite the Qunuut before ruku.  However, on certain occasions such as the befalling of a calamity, the Qunuut He \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu would recite it after the ruku.   (Fathul Bari p.29 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

      \n\tThe majority of the Hanafi scholars say that if an Imam is praying three rakaats with two salaams then it is not permissible to pray behind such an Imam for Witr salah. (Fatawa Hindiyyah p.111 v.1)  This is because salah of one rakaat is non-existent in the Hanafi Fiqh.  There is a hadith in which the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu prohibited from Salatul Butairah (one rakaat salah.)   (Nasbur Rayah p.160 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

      \n\tThe conclusion is that if a Hanafi was to follow a Shafi Imam in Witr the salah will be considered invalid. Hence, in such a situation one will have to repeat the Witr salah. (Raddul Muhtar p.444 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

      \n\tOnly Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

      \n\tMohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

      \n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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