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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الليل والوترChapters on Night Prayer and Witr
بَابُ الْوِتْرِ بِرَكْعَةٍ وَبِثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسٍ وَسَبْعٍ وَتِسْعٍ بِسَلَامٍ وَاحِدٍ وَمَا يَتَقَدَّمُهَا مِنَ الشَّفْعِChapter on Witr with One, Three, Five, Seven, or Nine Units with One Salam, and What Precedes It of Even Units
Hadith 2202
اُردوEn
((وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) بِنَحْوِهِ) وَفِيهِ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ وَالنَّهَارِ) مَثْنَى مَثْنَى تُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَةً تُوْتِرُ لَكَ مَا قَبْلَهَا
(Second chain of narration) In this, the detail is: The prayer of the night and day is in sets of two rak‘ahs, so after every two rak‘ahs, keep saying salam. But when you fear the approach of dawn, then pray one rak‘ah; it will make all your previous prayers odd (witr) for you.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In the discussions regarding Sunnah and Nawafil, in these two chapters—the explanation of the regular Sunnahs (Sunan Rawatib) of Dhuhr and their virtues, and the explanation of the Sunnahs of Asr and their virtues—it has already been mentioned that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to perform the four Sunnah rak‘ahs before Dhuhr and Asr with one salam. So then, what will be the meaning of this hadith: “The daytime prayer is to be performed two by two rak‘ahs”? The methods of reconciliation and harmonization have already been discussed at this very place.
