Is It Necessary to Perform the Make Up (Qada) for Witr If One Misses It?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
What is the ruling for praying the missed (qada) prayer of Isha? Do we have to pray witr too, along with the fard of Isha prayer?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health.
Yes, in the Hanafi school, the witr prayer is operationally obligatory (fard ‘amali). As a result, if it is missed along with the ‘Isha prayer, it needs to be made up, and the same if it is missed on its own. See the links below.
It is reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever misses the witr prayer due to sleep or forgetfulness should perform it when he recalls it.” [Tirmidhi] [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; ‘Ala’ al-din Ibn ‘Abidin, al-Hadiyya al-‘Ala’iyya]
Related:
- Prayer Reader: The Ultimate Guide To Prayer in Islam
- How Should I Make up Missed Witr Payers?
- What is the Proof for the Hanafi Method of Witr? – SeekersGuidance
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
