Intention of Wolith Prayer

Witr prayer – is a prayer that is done with odd rokaat as a closing of night prayer, done with their respective abilities, can with 1 rokaat, 3 rakaat, 5 rokaat, 7 rokaat, 9 rokaat, or eleven rak'ahs. The following is a complete explanation of witr sunnah prayers that includes intention, prayer, procedures and benefits of witr sunnah prayers.

Witr prayer

When not burdensome, Witr sunnah prayers are performed every night

Abu Ayyub al-Anshari r.a.. explain:

Rasulullah SAW said:

“Witr is every Muslim's right, who prefers witr 5 rakaat, then do it, and anyone who likes witr 1 rakaat, then do it ".

(Sahih hadith, the ashes of David: 1212 son of al-Nasa’i: 1693).

Although the witr sunnah prayer is called the closing of the night prayer, But that doesn't mean it has to be done at the end of every night, can also be done at the beginning or at midnight.

In the hadith narrated by Sayyidah Aisyah r.a., that the Messenger of Allah , do the sunnah witr prayer every night, once witr at the beginning of the night , the middle or end of the night.

From Aisha r.a., explain:

“From every night, The Prophet SAW, used to perform witr sunnah prayers at the beginning of the night, middle and late night, and ends at dawn.

(Al-Bukhari : 941 and Muslim : 1230).

Intention of Wolith Prayer

The following are some of the intentions of the sunnah witr prayer with its various odd rak'ahs

Lafadz niat sholat witir 1 rakaat

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ الْوِتْرِ رَكْعَةً لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى

Usholli sunnata witri rok’atan lillahi ta’aalaa

That means:
"I intend to pray the sunnah of witr 1 rak'ah because of Allah SWT”

Lafadz niat sholat witir 2 rakaat

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ الْوِتْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى

Usholli sunnata witri rok’ataini lillahi ta’aalaa

That means:
"I intend to pray the sunnah of witr 2 rak'ah because of Allah SWT”

Lafadz intends to pray witr three rak'ahs as follows:

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ الْوِتْرِ ثَلاَثَ رَكَعَاتٍ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى

Usholli sunnata witri tsalatsa roka'aatin lillahi ta'aalaa

That means:
"I intend to pray sunnah witr three rakaat because of Allah SWT”

How to Pray Witr

In establishing witr sunnah prayers, can be done 2 rokaat-2rokaat then ends with 1 rokaat, with one tasyahud and 1x salam each. Can also be the whole rak'ah at once with 1x salutation.

For 3 rakat or more with this one greeting, can with two tasyahud once greetings, can also be only with one tasyahud in the last rokaat only
as the hadith of Umm Salamah RA:

Rasulullah SAW berwitir 7 or 5 rak'ahs continuously and not separated by greetings

(HR. An Nasa’i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad)

Also the hadith narrated by Aisha RA

Rasulullah SAW performed the night prayer 13 rakaat, This includes the sunnah witr prayer 5 rokaat. He did not sit tasyahud except on the last rokaat. (HR. Bukhari and Muslim)

Witr prayer prayer

After the sunnah witr prayer, it is sunnah to read 3 times

سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ

Subhaanal malikil quddus

That means:
Glory be to Thee, the Sovereign Lord and the Glorious from various shortcomings

Dhikr as narrated in the hadith shohih Abu Daud and An Nasa'i.

Then read the witr prayer:

Allohumma inni a'udzu bi ridhooka min sakhotik wa bi mu'aafatika min ‘iqubatik, wa a'udzu bika minka laa uh-shi tsanaa-an' alaik, anta kamaa atsnaita ‘ala nafsik

That means:
Ya Alloh, I seek refuge in Your lust from Your wrath, and with Thy safety from Thy punishment and I seek refuge in Thee from Thy torment. I can't count the praise and flattery to You, You are as You praise Yourself.

The witr sunnah prayer above is based on the authentic hadith narrated by Abu Dawud, Tirmidzi, An Nasa'i son of Ibn Majah.

Benefits of Witr Prayer

Witr sunnah prayer is also called as an additional prayer and some hadiths below explain the virtues of witr prayer

1 . In addition to prayer

Witr sunnah prayers for additional prayers. This hadith explains that the sunnah witr prayer is a prayer that is recommended to be done between the time of the fardu prayer, namely Isha and the time before dawn.. By establishing the witr prayer we can add to the prayer and of course get a reward from the prayer.

As the following hadith

إِنَّ اللهَ زَادَكُمْ صَلاَةً، وَهِيَ الْوِتْرُ، فَصَلُّوْهَا فِيْمَا بَيْنَ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ

‘Indeed, Allah SWT gives you additional prayers, namely the sunnah prayer of Witir, So pray Witrlah between the times of 'Isha' prayer’ until the Shubuh prayer.’

[HR. Ahmad]

نَّ اللهَ زَادَكُمْ صَلاَةً، فَحَافِظُوْا عَلَيْهَا، وَهِيَ اَلْوِتْرُ

“Indeed, Allah SWT gives you additional prayers, then take care of him, (Witr prayers).

2. As a complement to the night prayer

The sunnah witr prayer is the closing of the night prayer which is performed either before or after waking up. As mentioned in the following hadith

جْعَلُوْا آخِرَ صَلاَتِكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وِتْرًا

“Make the end of your prayers at night with the Witr prayer”

3. Witr sunnah prayers are loved by Allah

Allah SWT really likes odd things. Like the odd rakat witr prayer tir, and witr is one of the worships that God loves. As mentioned in the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad SAW below:

نَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ، فَأَوْتِرُوْا يَاأَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ

"Indeed, Allah is odd and likes people who perform Witr sunnah prayers, then pray Witrlah, wahai para ahli al-Qur-an.”

Thus the discussion about the sunnah witr prayer, Hopefully useful

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