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Fajr prayer called while praying witr.

Question: 10

If a person is praying witr (final odd prayer of late night) and during his
prayer the muathin (caller of prayer) called for fajr (dawn) prayer,
should he continue with his witr?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

Yes, if the call to prayer was during his witr, he should
complete the prayer and he is excused. This matter is part of the case of the
timing of witr prayer: i.e., does witr end at the start of the
timing of the fajr prayer or at the end of the timing of the fajr
prayer? The majority of scholars (al-jumhoor) are in agreement that answer
is the start of fajr prayer.1

From the book What Should You Do in
the Following Situations… ?

1 Is’aaf Ahl il-Asr bi-ma Warada
fi Ahkaam Salaat il-Witr, by Faihan al-Mutairi, p.33.

Source

From the book What Should You Do in the Following Situations... ?

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