

Jabr from the Tabiun and Hanbali scholar Abu Bakr al-Khallal regard witr prayer as wajib.Īcting upon the evidences that the number of the daily fard prayers was determined as five, those who regard witr prayer as sunnah say an identification that can mean an addition to them cannot be made. Yaman from the Companions, Ibrahim an-Nahai, Said b. It is stated in Islamic resources that scholars like Abdullah b. According to the view of Abu Hanifa and the preferred view in Hanafi school it is wajib according to the majority of the fiqh scholars including Imam Abu Yusuf and Muhammad, it is sunnah al-muakkadah. The decree about witr prayer is quite debatable among fiqh madhhabs. There are many hadiths showing the practices of the Messenger of Allah about its legitimacy, importance, time, number of rak'ahs of the witr prayer and reading the supplication of qunut in it. It is advised in hadiths that the witr prayer, which is the last prayer performed at night, can be performed as one or up to eleven rak'ahs in odd numbers it is called witr because one rak'ha is added to the supererogatory prayers performed at night and they have odd numbers like three and five rak'ahs. Witr prayer is the last prayer performed at night.
