Q: My question is regarding the 2 rakaats after the witr salaah, what is the law regarding it?
I have read in you fawta https://muftionline.co.za/node/33039 that our elders would read this salaah. However in ahsan ul fatwa, Hadrat Mufti saab explains this is not mustahab and also that no fiqh kitaab mentioned this. He also gave an answer for the hadith which shows these two rakaats after witr.
What is the correct view in regards to these two rakaats?
A: The two rakaats nafl salaah performed after the witr is established in the Hadith of Musnad Ahmed, Saheeh Muslim and Sunan Tirmizi. These two rakaats of nafl can be performed while standing or sitting as the Fuqahaa clearly state that performing nafl salaah standing or sitting is permissible.
Since Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) performed this salaah sitting, many of our Akaabir and Buzrugaane Deen out of love for emulating the manner in which Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) performed this salaah, also sat and performed this salaah (even though they knew that one will only receive half the reward for performing the salaah sitting).
Note: It should be borne in mind that there are various Ahaadith that explain the different practices of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) in regard to his Tahajjud Salaah.
Among the practices of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) is that he performed two rakaats nafl while sitting after he performed the witr salaah. This is reported by many Sahaabah and therefore this practice is also a sunnah practice.
To view the details of this, you may refer to I'laaus Sunan
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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