Qadha of the witr salaah if the esha salaah was not valid

· 3 Safar 1437 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

A person performed his esha and witr salaah on a particular day. Later, he realized that his esha salaah was not valid (after the time for esha and witr had expired). Should he just perform the qadha of esha (since it was invalid) or should he also perform the qadha of witr (even though he performed witr correctly)?

Answer

The witr salaah is valid. He should only make qadha of the esha salaah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

قال الشامي : وحاصله أنه يسقط الترتيب إذا نسي الفائتة وصلى ما هو مرتب عليها من وقتية أو فائتة أخرى وكذا يسقط بنسيان إحدى الوقتيتين كما لو صلى الوتر ناسيا أنه لم يصل العشاء ثم صلاها لا يعيد الوتر لقولهم إنه لو صلى العشاء بلا وضوء والوتر والسنة به يعيد العشاء والسنة لا الوتر لأنه أداه ناسيا أن العشاء في ذمته فسقط الترتيب أفاده ح (رد المحتار 2/ 68)

ولا يقدم الوتر على العشاء لوجوب الترتيب لا لأن وقت الوتر لم يدخل حتى لو صلى الوتر قبل العشاء ناسيا أو صلاهما فظهر فساد العشاء دون الوتر فإنه يصح الوتر ويعيد العشاء وحدها عند أبي حنيفة رحمه الله لأن الترتيب يسقط بمثل هذا العذر (الفتاوى الهندية 1/51)

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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