{"id":31905,"date":"2019-03-26T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/what-is-the-least-number-of-rakahs-for-witr-prayer\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:20:53","slug":"what-is-the-least-number-of-rakahs-for-witr-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/what-is-the-least-number-of-rakahs-for-witr-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Least Number of Rak`ahs for Witr Prayer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Witr<\/em> prayer is one of the greatest acts of worship that draw one closer to Allah. It is the best prayer after the five obligatory prayers. It is a highly recommended Sunnah that a Muslim should observe regularly and not neglect. It was narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr<\/em>, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers.” (Authenticated by Al-Albani)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The majority of the scholars, including the Maliki, Shafi`i, Hanbali schools, are of the view that the minimum number of rak`ahs<\/em><\/a> for witr is one rak`ah<\/em>, because the Prophet<\/a> (peace be upon him) said: “Witr is one rak`ah at the end of the night.” (Muslim)<\/span><\/p>\n

In another hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The night prayers are two (rak`ahs<\/em>) by two, but if one of you fears that dawn is about to break, let him pray one rak\u2019ah to make what he has prayed odd-numbered.” (Agreed Upon)<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the rulings of offering the witr prayer, you could watch this short talk with Dr. Muhammad Salah.<\/span><\/p>\n