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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *TARAAWEEH (Episode 3)*Tuesday 10th March 2026. 21 Ramadan 1447 AH*
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So you want to follow the hadeeth and make Witr your last prayer of the night but you also want to get the reward of praying the whole night when you finish with the Imaam.
How does one do that?
When the Imaam stands up for Witr, you stand up with him and join him in the prayer. However, you make your intention to pray more rakaat for taraaweeh, although the Imaam will have the intention of praying witr. Then when the Imaam says salaam, you dont say salaam; rather you stand up and add a rakah to the Witr and make it an even number.
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This way you finish with the Imaam and you can then go home and pray as much Tahajjud as you want before Suhoor and then pray your witr so as to make it your last prayer of the night.
🍃 Shaykh Ibn Baaz was asked:
"When some people pray Witr with the imam and the imam says the salaam, they stand up and do another rak'ah so that their Witr will be at the end of the night.
What is the ruling on doing this?
Is it regarded as finishing the prayer with the imam?".
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He replied:
"We do not know of there being anything wrong with this.
The scholars stated that there is nothing wrong with doing that so that one will pray Witr at the end of the night. It is still true that he has stood with the imam until he finishes, because he stayed with him until the imam finished, then he prayed an extra rak'ah for a legitimate shar'i purpose, so that his Witr will be at the end of the night. There is nothing wrong with that, and that does not mean that he did not stay with the imam, rather he stayed with the imam until he finished, but then he did not finish with him, rather he delayed a little.” (Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz).
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🔹 *Can I pray witr twice in one night*?
If you have prayed Witr with the Imaam, it is not allowed to pray Witr again at night later on.
🍃 Shaykh Ibn Baaz was asked:
If I have prayed Witr at the beginning of the night, then I get up to pray qiyaam at the end of the night, how should I pray?
He replied:
If you have prayed Witr at the beginning of the night then Allaah enables you to get up at the end of the night, then pray whatever you can two by two - without Witr, because the Prophet (sal Allaahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said:
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"There cannot be no two Witrs in one night." (al-Tirmidhi-- saheeh by al-Albaani) (Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz)
🔹 *Can I pray Tahajjud/Nawaafil even after I have prayed witr*?
Indeed, the Prophet (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) told us to make the Witr our last prayer of the night, However, this command is in the sense of it being mustahabb and preferable, not in the sense of it being obligatory and compulsory.
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🍃 Proof:
When Aa'ishah Radhi Allaahu anha was asked about the Witr of the Prophet (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) she described the way he (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam)prayed and then she said: ".... then he would pray two rak'ahs after that, whilst sitting down”. (Muslim)
🍃 Al-Nawawi said:
"The correct view is that he (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) performed these two rak'ahs after Witr sitting down, to demonstrate that it is permissible to pray after Witr, and to demonstrate that it is permissible to offer naafil prayers sitting down”.
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🍃 Shaykh Ibn Baaz also said, explaining the reason why the Prophet (sal Allaahu alyahi wa sallam) prayed two rak'ahs after Witr:
"The reason for that - and Allaah knows best - is to show to the people that it is permissible to pray after Witr." (Fataawa Islamiyyah)
🍃 Ibn Hazm said:
"Witr at the end of the night is better, but whoever prays Witr at the beginning of the night, that is fine. It is permissible to pray after Witr but one should not repeat Witr."(al-Muhalla).
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So if you want to pray Tahajjud at night, it is permissible for you to pray Witr with the congregation, then to pray more Nawaafil after that. You can pray as many rak'ahs as you want two by two. It does not have to be only two rakaat and do not repeat Witr.
🔹 *Should I pray 8 or 20*?
Some people go to extremes and fight with each other over the number of rakaat in the Taraaweeh prayer. They refuse to pray in the masjid that has eight rakaat or twenty rakaat and or just sit in the back if the Imaam is reading more than eight.
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Dear brothers and sisters, there's no need to fight, argue or get angry.
It is perfectly OKAY to read EIGHT rakaat and it is ALSO OKAY to read TWENTY.
🍃 Proof:
A man came to the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) and asked:
"How are the night prayers done? He (Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) said:
"The night prayers are two by two, then when you fear that dawn is about to break, pray Witr with one rak'ah."
(al-Bukhaari).
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Here we see that the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) told the man how to do the night prayer but did not specify the number of rakaat.
Yes, the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam) himself used to pray eight at night but when the man asked him about it, he did not tell him to pray only eight.
Rather he left the number to him. This shows that the matter is FLEXIBLE and broad in scope. A person may pray two, twenty or two hundred rakaat if he likes, and then he can pray Witr.
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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an laaila Ilan Anta astagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *We shall continue on this topic tomorrow in sha Allah*. Questions, problems and complaints on this program are welcome privately. May HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN.
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