Offering Tahajjud Salah After Witr Salah Offered With Isha

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Offering Tahajjud Salah After Witr Salah Offered With Isha

Posted by Khan on July 28, 2022 at 11:44 am

Assalam-o-Alaikum

I pray Isha Namaz as follows

4 rakat Fard

3 rakat witr

And I also offer 3 rakat nafil namaz as tahjjud before fajr namaz

I know witr and tahjjud are similar but I want to pray Nafil namaz as tahjjud at mid night also. so is this a right way to pray 3 rakat nafil at night after offering 3 rakat witr in isha namaz already.

Umer replied 2 years ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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Offering Tahajjud Salah After Witr Salah Offered With Isha

Umer updated 2 years ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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Umer
Moderator July 28, 2022 at 11:38 pm

If one is sure that they are going to offer Tahajjud Salah on its proper time, then its better that one prays witr with that Tahajjud Salah, and can offer only two rakat Nafal Salah after Isha’s four Rakat Farz. But if not sure, then one can adopt this strategy of praying witr earlier with Isha and later on, if one gets a chance to offer Tahajjud, then with Tahajjud Salah as well.

It is not a strict issue because it is a Nafal Salah to begin with, and rules and regulations are compratively lenient for Nafal rituals. Secondly, Prophet Muhammad (Sws) himself used to offer two rakat separate nafal Salah after Tahajjud Salah, since Tahajjud Salah was Farz on the Prophet (SWS).
- Khan
  Member July 29, 2022 at 8:35 am
  
  If I am offering witr earlier with isha namaz and tahjjud salah at midnight then the number of rakats should also be odd? Like 3 or 5 ?
- Umer
  Moderator July 30, 2022 at 12:56 am
  
  Yes, correct. The sole purpose of Witr is to make rakats of Tahajjud odd.
  
  Videos available in the following thread are helpful in understanding concept of Witr and Tahajjud:
  
  Discussion 65419
- Khan
  Member July 30, 2022 at 11:31 am
  
  Ok Thank you so much
  
  What I have understood from the videos is that if I am offering 3 rakat witr after isha then at midnight if I am offering tahjjud salah it should be 2 or 4 rakat so eventually it will become odd
  
  3 rakat witr + 2 rakat tahjjud at midnight = 5 ? Riight?
- Umer
  Moderator August 1, 2022 at 3:20 am
  
  Yes, this method is also correct. Bottomline is that Tahajjud Salah sould be in odd numbers and witr is offered to achieve this objective.
  
  Please also refer to the following comments of Ghamidi Sahab from 38:30 to 40:24
  
  https://youtu.be/tOI_yWiJYAA?t=2310
Umer
Moderator May 17, 2023 at 12:24 am

Please watch:

https://youtu.be/5T_j39WxQ5k