Fatwa #3329115 July 2020South Africa
Hanafi following the Shaf’i imam in witr
Question
As Salamu Alaikum
I am on a short term work assignment in SIngapore. I will be returning home permanently in December.
I am Hanafi. The imam in the local musjid is Shafiee.
When he perform witr after taraweeh, it is in a different format form hanafi (2+1).
Do i follow him in jamaat or do I read my own?
jazakallah
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In principle, according to Hanafi school of thought, it is waajib to perform three rak’at witr with one salaam. [i] [ii]
You should perform your witr separately.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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[i] فتاوی قاسمیہ: ۸/ ۱۱۶، ۱۱۵، ۱۱۷
[ii] البحر الرائق: 2/39، باب الوتر
فتح القدير: 1/437، باب صلاة الوتر
فتاوی دار العلوم زکریا: ۲/۴۶۰، ۴۶۱، ۴۶۲