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TAF 031: September Monthly Discussion Topic Week 4
TAF 031: September Monthly Discussion Topic Week 4:
Is it permissible to omit Witr prayer? What are the consequences of omitting it?
Praise be to Allaah.
Witr prayer is Sunnah mu’akkadah (a confirmed suunah) according to the majority of scholars, and some of the fuqaha’ regarded it as obligatory.
The fact that it is not obligatory is indicated by the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari (1891) and Muslim (11) from Talhah ibn ‘Ubayd-Allaah (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allaah, what prayers has Allaah enjoined on me?” He said: “The five prayers, unless you do anything voluntarily.” The version narrated by Muslim says: “Five prayers every day and night.” He said: “Do I have to do anything else?’ He said, “No, unless you do it voluntarily.”
Al-Nawawi said:
This indicates that Witr prayer is not obligatory. End quote.
Al-Haafiz said in al-Fath:
This indicates that no prayers during the day and night are obligatory apart from the five prayers; this is contrary to the view of those who say that Witr or the two Sunnah rak’ahs of Fajr are obligatory. End quote.
However it is the most confirmed Sunnah and was enjoined by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in more than one hadeeth.
Muslim (754) narrated from Abu Sa’eed (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Perform Witr before morning comes.”
Abu Dawood (1416) narrated that ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O people of the Qur’aan, pray Witr, for Allaah is One and loves that which is odd-numbered.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
Hence we should continue to offer Witr prayer regularly, whether travelling or not, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do. Al-Bukhaari (1000) and Muslim (700) narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was on a journey, atop his mount, whichever direction it was facing, gesturing the motions of the night prayer, except the obligatory prayer, and he prayed Witr atop his mount.”
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Witr is not obligatory. This is the view of Maalik and al-Shaafa’i. Abu Haneefah said: it is obligatory. Then he said: Ahmad said: Whoever omits to pray Witr deliberately is a bad man, whose testimony should not be accepted. He wanted to emphasize that it is confirmed because of the ahaadeeth which say that it is enjoined and encouraged. End quote from al-Mughni, 1/827
The scholars of the Standing Committee were asked: Is Witr prayer obligatory, and will the one who prays it on some days and not on others be punished for that?
They replied:
Witr prayer is Sunnah mu’akkadah (a confirmed Sunnah) which the believer should adhere to. Whoever prays it on some days and not on others will not be blamed for that, but he should be advised to pray Witr regularly. It is prescribed to pray two rak’ahs during the day instead if a person misses it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do that, as it was narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: If sleep or sickness kept him from praying at night, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would pray twelve rak'ahs during the day. Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) usually prayed eleven rak’ahs at night, saying the salaam after each two rak'ahs then praying one rak'ah on its own. But if sleep or sickness kept him from doing that, he would pray twelve rak’ahs during the day, as ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) stated. Based on this, if a person usually prays five rak’ahs at night but he sleeps or misses them for any other reason, it is prescribed for him to pray six rak’ahs during the day, saying salaam after each two rak’ahs. If his habit is to pray three rak’ahs, then he should pray four rak'ahs with two salaams, and if his habit is to pray seven rak’ahs, he should pray eight with the salaam after each two rak’ahs. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 7/172.
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"Is every single word in the Qur'aan originally from the Arabic language?"
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"Is every single word in the Qur'aan originally from the Arabic language?"
Shaykh Ismail Kamdar (hafizahullah) explains this topic as follows:
[...] Actually, this is something the scholars of the past debated on. Different teachers follow different opinions on this issue.
In Yasir Qadhi's "An introduction to the sciences of the Qur'an" he explains both opinions with their evidences:
However, is every single word in the Qur'aan originally from the Arabic language? In other words, does the Qur'aan use words from other languages? There exist narrations from some of the Companions, and many grammarians after them, concerning certain words in the Qur'aan which were claimed to be of non-Arabic origin. Thus, for example, Ibn Abbaas claimed that the word toor was Syriac for mountain, tafiqa meant "to intend' in the Roman language, hudnaa was Hebrew for repentance, sijl was Persian for book, sundus meant a soft cloth in Hindi (probably referring to Sanskrit), miskhaat was a shining lamp in an Ethiopian language, and sirri was Greek for a small river. His student 'Ikrimah was also of the same opinion.
This opinion led some later scholars to come forth with numerous examples of words that were claimed to be non-Arabic in origin, yet mentioned in the Qur'aan. As-Suyotee (d. 911 A.H.) compiled a list of over a hundred words in the Qur'aan that were claimed to be non-Arabic in origin, and even versified these words in a poem."
Other scholars, however, denied the claim that there could be any non-Arabic words in the Qur'aan. Basing their evidences on the Qur'aanic verses quoted above, they held the view that these verses precluded the existence of foreign words in the Qur'aan. Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (d. 204 A.H.) was particularly strict in this matter, for he wrote concerning some grammarians of his time, "And some have spoken in this topic (of foreign words in the Qur'aan), and had they restrained themselves from speaking it would have been better, anil safer tor them! For some ol them have presumed that the Qur'aan is part Arabic and part foreign! Yet the Qur'aan is explicit that there is nothing in the Book of Allah except that it is in the language of the Arabs..."
In attempting to refute the opinion that the Qur'aan contains foreign words, at-Tabaree (d. 310 A.H.) claimed that these particular words were used by both of these languages simultaneously, and thus the Companions' claims that these words were non-Arabic only meant that they were also used by other languages as well. However, this is not a satisfactory explanation, as the word must have originated in one of the two languages.
Aboo 'Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Sallaam (d. 224 A.H.) explained the above narrations from Ibn 'Abbaas correctly when he said,
The correct opinion with me is that both of the above opinions (meaning that there are foreign words in the Qur'aan, and that the Qur'aan is only in Arabic) arc correct. This is because the origin of these words is foreign, like the scholars said (referring to the narrations of Ibn 'Abbaas). However, these words entered into the Arabic language, and were transformed to Arabic words, and the foreign letters were exchanged for Arabic ones, until they became a part of Arabic. Then the Qur'aan was revealed, and by this time these words had mixed in with the Arabic language. Therefore, he who says that the Qur'an is only in Arabic is correct, and he who says that there are some foreign words is also correct.'"
In other words, these particular phrases are originally non-Arabic in origin. However, as is the case with any language, these words were 'borrowed' by Arabic, and were used so commonly that they became a part of the Arabic language. Thus, for all practical purposes, these words became 'a part of fluent Arabic, and were used in poetry... and if an Arab were ignorant of these words, it was as if he were ignorant of other Arabic words.'
Therefore, the correct opinion is that there are no non-Arabic words in the Qur'aan, although there are words that have non-Arabic origins. Due to the continued usage of these words by the Arabs, however, they can no longer be considered foreign.
An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an, pp. 26-27
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