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Q: Can I pray 'nafl' after witr in Ramadan? Mufti Abu Layth

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[Music] [Music] now next question I want to pray more after Allah eager people Allah anybody who who questions that the Iman of this umah has sunk hasn't read this question should I skip the Witter

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huh should I skip the Witter with the Imam Allah context context people or is it fine to do after the wi hanf and other Ms Right the thing is that look generally the M say that you can do more after W okay you can do that it's not Haram or anything like that although there is a that that make the wi the final prayer of the night so I would say look if you are praying with the Imam and if you feel you are going to

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pray n afterwards I mean you can I do feel that both are permissible you do have the choice of leaving your wit uh and praying the na if you want later on and then the W after that as we find in many that the prophet Sall alai was either taught encouraged or practiced or you have the option of if you think look hey I don't want to walk out of this J right now at this Masid I'm here I'm just going to pray the wi that's fine and after that I'll pray and that's also transmitted from several that they practice that too

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2017, May 17). Q: Can I pray 'nafl' after witr in Ramadan? Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rg7dm1gr0zi/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2017. "Q: Can I pray 'nafl' after witr in Ramadan? Mufti Abu Layth." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded May 17, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rg7dm1gr0zi/

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@misc{abulayth-Rg7DM1gR0ZI,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Q: Can I pray 'nafl' after witr in Ramadan? Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2017},
  month = {5},
  date = {2017-05-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rg7dm1gr0zi/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rg7dm1gr0zi/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}