Is there any alternative to reciting 'Dua'a Qanoot'in the witar namaz of Isha Prayers?

· 13 Rabiʻ II 1424 AH1 min readFatwa 8884English

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Is there any alternative to reciting 'Dua'a Qanoot'in the witar namaz of Isha Prayers?

Answer

One may recite any Du?aa in Arabic from the Qur?aan or Hadith in Witr Salat. It is not necessary to recite only Du?aa-e-Qunoot. However, that is Afzal (more virtuous).

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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