How Should I Pray Isha and Witr Where the Sun Does Not Set?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

How should one perform Isha and Witr in an area where the sun does not set? Should one perform Isha at Maghrib time?  

Answer

For those who live in an area where the sun does not set following the rulings mentioned in this link and this link as opposed to performing Isha at Maghrib time.

The ruling of the Witr prayer is no different than the ruling mentioned about Isha as the witr and Isha prayer times are one and the same. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.