Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein
Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein
هذا الخبر محمول على من يغلب على ظنه انه يمكنه الفراغ من صلاة الليل قبل أن يطلع الفجر فاما مع الخوف من ذلك فالاولى أن يقدم الوتر ثم يقضي الثماني ركعات بعد ذلك يدل على ذلك ما رواه
This report is to be understood as applying to the one who strongly believes he will be able to complete the night prayer before the arrival of dawn. But if there is fear that he may not be able to do so, then it is preferable to perform the witr prayer first, and then make up the eight rak‘ahs afterward. What indicates this, which has been narrated:
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