Witir ritual worship with connected hadiths and its worthy

181ABSTRACTMaster ThesisWITIR RITUAL WORSH P W TH CONNECTED HADITHSAND ITS WORTHYDursun DEM RGazi UniversityInstitute of Social SciencesBasis Islamic SciencesMain Department of Hadith2006, Page: 181The aim of this study is to examine a ritual worship 'witir prayer' whichhas been performed in different ways in the Islamic tradition by hadithcritique.In the introduction I try to explain the words witir and worthy which areused in my thesis. Witir word is used by means to numerical add. HoweverWitir term is used by statement. It is a prayer which made to same religiousrituel. In the Intimation I tried to expose its worthy in the regarding reliability ofhadiths.In the first chapter, I determine hadiths concerning to Witir prayer. I fixsome hadiths in different hadith sources and I compare them.In the second chapter I study transmission sanad and textual matucriticism.In the third chapter, I try to examine the hadiths which are based oninterpretation.Key Words: Witir, Witir prayer, Worthy