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Yasir Qadhi

Why Do People Pray Witr Differently? - Ask Shaykh YQ #161

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Our next question is from Brother Urshad and he asks that.

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He has noticed that people pray wit in different manners

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and he is now confused. He says that he is coming from a

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particular background now he has come to this country and in Tarawi ahead

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and in other situations he has seen people are praying whited in different manners so he's asking you know what is to be done in this regard A rusal namin kavari kahil al-Djalan no

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he ili him

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fas alu al-a la dikriim The response my dear brother in is that the wit it is one of those

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prayers in which pretty much all of the madhahib have you know slightly different

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answers and so whichever madhib that you were upon you may choose that madhab and follow it no problem

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it is a very very you know trivial matter whichever of the positions you follow in

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sha Allah they're all telling you to pray whiter, they're all wanting you to do the prayer.

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The differences are in the minor or the minutia, if you like.

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And the wit-r-preyre is of course called whiter because the term whiter means odd and the

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whiter prayer is an odd prayer it's always an odd number of rakahat so three

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rakahas is the default position of most of the madhabs and it is the Hanafi madhib

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specifies three in particular and it's an odd number and our Prophet Salah Allah O'Lahah he was

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Sala, strongly commanded the people or strongly

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suggested, depending on how you would interpret it,

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the people to pray Whiter.

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In the famous Hadith in Bukhari in Muslim, Abu Haira,

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Radea, and said that my friend, meaning the prophet

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