إِنَّ الحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ، نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ، وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا. مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ. وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ﷺ، صَلَّى اللَّهُ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ.

Indeed, all praise and thanks are due to Allaah. We praise Him; seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek protection from Him from the evils of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomever Allaah guides, no one can misguide him, and whomever He sends astray, there is no other guide for him. I testify that nothing has any right to be worshipped except Allaah alone, having no partner, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger-may the peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him, his family, companions and those who follow them in goodness until the Day of Judgment.

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هذا شرحٌ موجزٌ للدعاء الذي يُقال في صلاة الوتر، قدّمه فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين رحمه الله، في دروسه التي كان يلقيها في المسجد الحرام بمكة المكرمة في شهر رمضان المبارك.

This is a concise explanation of the Du’aa, or supplication that is said during the Witr prayer.2 This explanation was given by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, during his lectures which he used to present in the central mosque in Mecca (al-Masjid al-Haraam) during the blessed month of Ramadhaan.

نتقدّم بالشكر إلى الشيخ محمد بن صالح بن محمد الحربي، جزاه الله خيرًا، على مراجعته الكتاب مع فضيلة الشيخ المؤلف، رحمه الله، وعلى عنايته بطبعته الأولى المنشورة في عام 1417هـ، جزاه الله خيرًا على ذلك.

Thanks is given to ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih bin Muhammad al-Harbee may Allaah reward him with good for reviewing it over with his eminence, the Shaykh, the author-may Allaah have mercy upon him-as well as his looking after its first printed publication in the year 1417-may Allaah reward him for this.

لأجل نشر الفائدة من هذا الشرح المبسّط، وبعد مقابلة النسخة المكتوبة التي راجعها واعتمدها فضيلة الشيخ، مؤلِّف الكتاب، رحمه الله، فقد يسّرت اللجنة العلمية للبحوث العلمية أن تجمع هذه الرسالة على وجه مستقل، وأن تعيد نشرها مع فتوى صدرت عن فضيلته، رحمه الله، في مسألتين تتعلقان بالموضوع.

For the sake of spreading benefit of this simple explanation, and after comparing the written copy that was reviewed and relied upon by his eminence, the Shaykh, the authormay Allaah have mercy upon him, then facilitated for the Lajnah ‘Ilmiyyah (The Committee of Scholarly Research) to combine distinctly this treatise and reinstate it’s publication with a fatwa given by his eminence-may Allaah have mercy upon himconcerning two questions related to the topic.

نسأل الله تعالى أن يجعل هذا العمل خالصًا لوجهه الكريم، نافعًا لعباده، وأن يجزي فضيلة شيخنا المؤلف خير الجزاء عن الإسلام والمسلمين، وأن يسكنه فسيح جنانه، إنه سميع قريب. والحمد لله رب العالمين، وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد ﷺ وعلى آله وجميع أصحابه.

We ask Allaah Most High to place this action purely for His Noble Face, as a benefit to His servants, and that He reward his eminence, Our Shaykh, the Author in addition to Islaam and the Muslims, with the best of rewards, and that He place him to dwell in His spacious paradise, Verily He is All Hearing, All Near. All praise is to Allaah, Lord of all the worlds, and may the salutations, peace, and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad as well as his family and all of his companions.

اللجنة العلمية لجمعية الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين الخيرية

Al-Lajnah al-‘Ilmiyyah for the ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen Charitable Organization.