قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَفْضَلُ قَضَاءِ النَّوَافِلِ قَضَاءُ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ بِالنَّهَارِ قُلْتُ فَيَكُونُ وَتْرَانِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أُوتِرَ وَتْرَيْنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) أَحَدُهُمَا قَضَاءٌ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Ismail Al-Ju’fy who said, ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The best way of fulfilling the optional (<span class="iTxt">Salāts</span>) is fulfilling the (outstanding) night ones at night, and the (outstanding) day ones at daytime’. I said, ‘So, can there be two <span class="iTxt">Al-Witr </span>(<span class="iTxt">Salāts</span>) at night?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No’. I said, ‘And why not? You<sup>asws</sup> are ordering me that I pray one <span class="iTxt">Witr </span>(Salāt) and two <span class="iTxt">Witr</span> (<span class="iTxt">Salāts</span>) in one night’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘One of the two is a fulfilment (of an outstanding one)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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