Question 160) - Is there Masnun Qira-ah in Witr?

A: Yes, it is Sunnah to recite in the first Rak'ah after al-Fatihah Surah aAlaa Kafirun in the second and al-lkhlaas in the third. Other narrations add al-Falaq and an-Nas with al-lkhas to the third Rak'ah. (37 At-Tirmizi narrates it from 'Aishah radiyAllaahu 'anha and an-Nasal from 'Abdurrahman bin Abzi. Ahmad narrates from Uba^w bin Ka'b ~ and adDarami from Ibn 'Abbas. These two do not mention al-Falaq and an-Nas. See Mishkatul Masabih, Chapter on Witr.)

~ al-Quduri ~