—also—that He possesses attributes that bear no resemblance whatsoever to other attributes, as in His saying: “There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing” (Ash-Shūrá 42:11).

5 – Shaykh al-Islām stated: Witr is an emphatically confirmed sunnah by the consensus of the Muslims, and some scholars have even considered it obligatory. No one should abandon it, and anyone who persists in neglecting it has his testimony rejected.

6 – The words, “Allah is One (witr) and He loves the Witr prayer,” do not mean that a person should seek odd numbers in every matter—eating only an odd number of morsels, drinking only an odd number of sips, or wearing only an odd number of garments. Making things odd applies to acts of worship, and worship is contingent upon revealed instruction. When an everyday custom is accompanied by a prophetic intention to render it odd-numbered, that intention places it within the scope of worship, as in the Prophet’s practice of eating an odd number of dates on his way to the prayer of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr. However, making all worldly habits revolve around odd numbers as an act of devotion requires explicit scriptural warrant, and the Sacred Law is founded upon transmitted evidence; nothing is legislated except what Allah and His Messenger have legislated.