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greenhill
After doing the witr prayer, I am told that no other prayer comes after that. Meaning your next prayer will be the dawn prayer.
How does that affect the Tahajjud prayer?
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Assalaamu alaikum greenhill,
(smile) I hope the following may answer your question.
May Allah, the Generous, Bless you for your pertinent and useful questions that help us in our efforts to Please Allah.
Question
I know that the Witr prayer is ideally supposed to be the last prayer of the night. However, is that just a preference, or is it forbidden to offer prayers after Witr? I want to offer Witr before I go to sleep to make sure that I do not miss it. Does this mean that I cannot wake up and pray Tahajjud at night?
Answered by
the Fatwa Department Research Committee - chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-Turayrî
It is preferable to offer the Witr prayer as the last prayer in the night. It is preferably offered after performing Tahajjud. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The night prayer is two units then two units then if the one of you expects the coming of the morning prayer, he can pray one unit to make odd the number that he had prayed”.
Aishah said: “The Prophet (peace be upon him) never prayed more than eleven units, whether in Ramadan or in other times. He used to pray four – do not ask how perfect and long were they – then he would pray four, do not ask how perfect and long were they – then he would pray three.” [
Sahih al-Bukhârî (1147) and
Sahîh Muslim (738)]
If you have completed your witr prayer after performing the `Isha’ prayer, it does not make other prayers unlawful or undesirable. You may still pray Qiyâm al-Layl (Tahajjud) later on. In fact, these prayers are still encouraged.
This is in accordance with the saying of Abû Bakr al-Siddîq. He used to offer the Witr prayer early in the night and say: “I have done my share, and I look forward to offering more voluntary prayers.”
However, in this case you should perform all of your night prayers as sets of two units and not perform another Witr prayer at the end. You may not pray more than one Witr prayer in a single night.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “There should not be two Witr prayers in one night.” [
Sunan al-Tirmidhî (470)]
And Allah knows best.
Source:
http://en.islamtoday.net/node/1879