Witr prayer

E148308

Islamic prayer Sunnah prayer

Witr prayer is an odd-numbered voluntary Islamic night prayer performed after the Isha prayer and considered highly emphasized in Sunni practice.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Qiyam al-Layl	2
Isha prayer	1
Night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl)	1
Tahajjud prayer	1
Witr prayer canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1289375 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Witr prayer
Context triple: [Isha, associatedWith, Witr prayer]

A. Musaf prayer
The Musaf prayer is an additional Jewish worship service recited on Sabbaths, festivals, and certain holy days to commemorate the extra Temple sacrifices once offered on those occasions.
B. Compline
Compline is the traditional Christian night prayer service, marking the final liturgical office of the day in various church traditions.
C. Surah Al-Asr
Surah Al-Asr is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that emphasizes the importance of faith, righteous deeds, mutual encouragement to truth, and patience as the keys to human salvation.
D. Surah Al-Falaq
Surah Al-Falaq is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that seeks God's protection from all forms of external evil and harm.
E. Surah Al-Layl
Surah Al-Layl is a Meccan chapter of the Quran that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness, emphasizing the consequences of human choices and the value of charity and piety.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Witr prayer
Target entity description: Witr prayer is an odd-numbered voluntary Islamic night prayer performed after the Isha prayer and considered highly emphasized in Sunni practice.

A. Musaf prayer
The Musaf prayer is an additional Jewish worship service recited on Sabbaths, festivals, and certain holy days to commemorate the extra Temple sacrifices once offered on those occasions.
B. Compline
Compline is the traditional Christian night prayer service, marking the final liturgical office of the day in various church traditions.
C. Surah Al-Asr
Surah Al-Asr is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that emphasizes the importance of faith, righteous deeds, mutual encouragement to truth, and patience as the keys to human salvation.
D. Surah Al-Falaq
Surah Al-Falaq is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that seeks God's protection from all forms of external evil and harm.
E. Surah Al-Layl
Surah Al-Layl is a Meccan chapter of the Quran that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness, emphasizing the consequences of human choices and the value of charity and piety.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic prayer ⓘ Sunnah prayer ⓘ
associatedWith	Witr prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qiyam al-Layl Tahajjud ⓘ
associatedWithVirtue	completion of night worship ⓘ
canBePrayed	in congregation ⓘ individually ⓘ
commonRakats	3 ⓘ
describedIn	Hadith literature ⓘ surface form: Hadith collections
earliestTime	after completion of Isha prayer ⓘ
encouragedFor	all adult Muslims ⓘ
hasMeaning	odd (in Arabic: witr or witr’) ⓘ
includes	Qur’an recitation ⓘ bowing (ruku‘) ⓘ prostration (sujud) ⓘ tashahhud ⓘ taslim (closing salām) ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
latestTime	before Fajr time begins ⓘ
legalStatusInHanbaliFiqh	sunnah mu’akkadah ⓘ
legalStatusInMalikiFiqh	sunnah mu’akkadah ⓘ
legalStatusInShafiFiqh	sunnah mu’akkadah ⓘ
linkedTo	Sunnah ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad’s practice
minimumRakats	1 ⓘ
notObligatoryInMajorityView	true ⓘ
numberOfRakats	odd ⓘ
oftenIncludes	Qunoot supplication ⓘ
oftenPrayedAfter	Taraweeh prayers ⓘ surface form: Taraweeh prayer
oftenPrayedInCongregationDuring	Ramadan ⓘ
otherPossibleRakats	11 ⓘ 5 ⓘ 7 ⓘ 9 ⓘ
performedAfter	Witr prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isha prayer
performedBy	Muslims ⓘ
performedFacing	Qibla (toward the Kaaba) ⓘ
qunootPlacementInSomeMadhhabs	last rak‘ah after ruku‘ ⓘ last rak‘ah before ruku‘ ⓘ
recitationInFirstRakats	Qur’anic surahs after al-Fatihah ⓘ
recitationInLastRak‘ah	Qur’anic surahs after al-Fatihah ⓘ
recitationLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
recommendedTime	last third of the night ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
requires	covering of awrah ⓘ ritual purity (wudu) ⓘ
rulingInHanafiFiqh	wajib ⓘ
rulingInSunniFiqh	highly emphasized Sunnah (sunnah mu’akkadah) ⓘ
timeOfDay	night ⓘ
viewInSunniTradition	one of the most important voluntary prayers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isha → associatedWith → Witr prayer ⓘ

Surah Al-Muzzammil → primaryTheme → Witr prayer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl)

Surah Al-Muzzammil → associatedPractice → Witr prayer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qiyam al-Layl

Surah Al-Muzzammil → associatedPractice → Witr prayer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tahajjud prayer

Witr prayer → performedAfter → Witr prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isha prayer

Witr prayer → associatedWith → Witr prayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ