I asked: “Meaning the two rak’ahs (performed) after the ‘Isha prayer?

I asked: “Meaning the two rak’ahs (performed) after the ‘Isha prayer?” He answered: “Yes, and they are (considered to be) one rak’ah; and whosoever performs it and then passes away, (it is as if) he has died having performed the Witr and if he does not pass away, he should perform the Witr in the last part of the night.” I asked him: “Did the Noble Prophet pray these two rak’ahs?” He said: “No.” I asked: “And why not?” He replied: “Because the revelation would descend on the Holy Prophet (S) and he knew if he was going to die on that night or not, but others do not know (this) and this is why he did not pray it but told (his followers) to do so.”[^6] The meaning of the questioner’s statement: ‘Did he pray these two rak’ahs?

...’ is – did he (S) make this a sunnah by practicing it always? In al-Kafi: Narrated from Zurarah from Abi Ja’far (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) would pray thirteen rak’ahs at night, which included the Witr (prayer) and two rak’ahs for (the nafilah ) Fajr, whether on a journey or at home.[^7] In al-Khisal: Narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from al-Rid’a (as) who said: In the white rooster are five qualities from the qualities of the prophets, (one of them is) knowing the times of the salah .[^8] In al-Faqih: In his narration from Zurarah from Abi Ja’far (as): I asked him about the time for the Dhuhr prayer.

He said: “(When the shadow is the length of) one cubit after the sun passes the meridian, and the time for the ‘Asr prayer is (when the shadow becomes) two cubits from the time of the Dhuhr prayer.

This is equal to four feet from when the sun passes the meridian.” Then he said: “The wall of the masjid of the Noble Prophet (S) was (approximately) the height of a person and when its shadow passed one cubit he prayed the Dhuhr prayer and when two cubits had passed he prayed the ‘Asr prayer.” Then he asked: “Do you know why one cubit and two cubits have been stipulated?” I said: “Why has it been stipulated thus?” He said: “For the placement of the nafilah .